Johnny Depp has a brand new highly effective, and allegedly harmful, buddy in Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — and their relationship’s being described as a “bromance like no different.”
The seemingly odd pairing is detailed in a brand new profile in Vanity Fair … which claims Johnny is getting the royal remedy over in Saudi Arabia.
MBS hosted JD within the Saudi Kingdom for practically 2 months final 12 months, placing Johnny up in royal palaces and transporting him in helicopters, yachts and a non-public airplane … based on Vanity Fair.
Unsurprisingly, it feels like cash is a big issue on this “bromance” … Johnny’s taking pictures films in Saudi Arabia as he waits on a possible 7-figure deal to make him one of many nation’s world cultural ambassadors.
MBS and the Saudis have been attempting to purchase their manner into all kinds of worldwide industries as a part of MBS’ grand plan to make folks overlook his nation’s reported human rights abuses … and the Crown Prince has been investing massive in films.
Johnny and MBS are stated to have begun their friendship in July 2022 when Depp was taking pictures “Jeanne du Barry,” a movie bankrolled by the Saudis.
They’ve grown nearer ever since, to the purpose the place Johnny says he felt snug sufficient to ask MBS concerning the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The VF profile says MBS informed Depp he did not order Khashoggi’s dismemberment, however took accountability … claiming he simply wished the reporter arrested as a result of Khashoggi had grow to be a rogue operative working to undermine the nation.
Johnny undoubtedly appears to be shopping for what MBS is promoting by way of a cultural revolution in Saudia Arabia.
Depp tells VF … “Though I admit I used to be considerably naïve at first to what was transpiring within the area, I’ve since skilled firsthand the cultural revolution that’s taking place there.”
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JD added, “I’ve had the chance to satisfy folks from varied elements of the area who’ve been most welcoming in sharing with me their tradition, their traditions, and their tales.”
Saudia Arabia can be financing Depp’s subsequent crack at directing a film … a biopic about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani starring Al Pacino.
There are some ties that bind right here — each males are remaking their public pictures … but it surely appears uncertain they’d be friends if MBS weren’t throwing round insane quantities of oil cash.