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Johnny Depp kindly donated entire salary to Heath Ledger's daughter
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1 Mar 2024, 16:30
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Fans have been praising Johnny Depp after is was revealed that he donated his entire income from his film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus to Heath Ledger’s daughter.
Depp starred in the 2009 movie alongside Heath, but it tragically turned out to be Ledger's last acting role before his sad death in January 2008.
Actor Johnny donated his entire fee for the film to Ledger's daughter Matilda, and a group of actors stepped in to make sure the film could be finished after the passing of Heath.
Colin Farrell and Jude Law also joined the cast of Terry Gilliam’s film. They also pledged that any profits generated from the film would go to Matilda, who was then just two-years-old.
Reports claimed at the time that Ledger hadn't updated his will to include the little girl, so the actors' combined effort was a kind-hearted gesture to help ease some pressure on Matilda’s mother, fellow actor Michelle Williams.
Speaking about the late Aussie star, Pirates of the Caribbean icon Depp called him a “thundering and ungovernable", and added that he was "the only player out there breathing heavy down the back of every established actor’s neck”.
Matilda is now 18 years old and lives in Brooklyn with her mother.
Depp's charitable actions came to light after his high-profile court case with his ex, Amber Heard, after which he donated his $1 million settlement to charity.
Before the kind gesture to Heath's family, the Edward Scissorhands actor also donated $3 million to fund the funeral of writer Hunter S Thompson.
Depp was friends with the journalist and author, and starred in the Terry Gilliam movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was based on Thompson's book of the same name.
In related news, Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry has confessed she’d jump at the chance to work with the Hollywood superstar. Read about it here.
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