Paul Bettany Says It Was ‘Embarrassing’ for Texts with Johnny Depp to Be Used in Libel Court Case

by Clinton Cassady, March 4th, 2022.

The WandaVision actor, 50, spoke with U.K. outlet The Times about the “embarrassing” incident for an interview published Thursday, saying the court case “was a very surreal moment” and that he “didn’t know Johnny when he was married to” Amber Heard, from whom Depp, 58, had a contentious divorce.

“I knew him before. But we hadn’t spoken for years. During the marriage I didn’t know them. So I wasn’t around for any of that,” Bettany added, after saying, “We live in a world without context.”

The texts came about in 2013, and included one from Depp that read, according to multiple outlets including The Times, “Let’s burn Amber.”

“I’m not sure we should burn Amber. She is delightful company and pleasing on the eye. We could of course do the English course of action and perform a drowning test. Thoughts? You have a swimming pool,” Bettany replied, The Times reports.