Helena Bonham Carter
She “hates Cancel Culture”
Helena Bonham (l.) speaks out for Johnny Depp and JK Rowling.
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Actress Helena Bonham Carter has defended Johnny Depp and JK Rowling, whom she sees as victims of “some kind of witch hunt”.
British actress Helena Bonham Carter (56) causes a stir with new interview statements. “The Sunday Times” interviewed the twice Oscar-nominated actress to the controversial stars Johnny Depp (59) and JK Rowling (57), and in a broader sense to cancel culture, which is commonly understood to mean that a person is excluded from public life, i.e. canceled, after alleged or real misconduct.
According to Bonham Carter, her former co-star Depp is “completely redeemed” following his win in the defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, 36. According to Bonham Carter, “Harry Potter” inventor Rowling was “hunted” by public opinion. The actress literally declared, “I hate cancel culture.”
Helena Bonham Carter calls Amber Heard a ‘free rider’
Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard accused the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star of domestic violence in a sensational trial, but the Virginia jury largely didn’t believe her. Asked by The Sunday Times whether the outcome of the trial would mark the end of the #MeToo movement, Bonham Carter said: “My view is that [Heard] is a free rider. That’s the problem with these things – that people jump on the bandwagon because it’s the trend and to be the poster child for it.”
Bonham Carter and Heard’s ex-husband Depp have been in front of the camera together a number of times – in films such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Dark Shadows” and “Alice in Wonderland”, all of which Bonham Carter’s ex-husband Tim Burton (64) has staged. Depp is also the godfather to Burton and Bonham Carter’s two children together.
JK Rowling ‘is allowed to have her opinion’
“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling was criticized for her anti-trans statements. With Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, the stars of the “Harry Potter” films publicly criticized Rowling for this. Actress Bonham Carter said: “It’s horrible, a bunch of bullshit. I think she’s been hunted.”
Rowling had tried to justify her statements to some extent by the fact that she herself had been a victim of domestic and sexual violence in the past. Bonham Carter commented: “[J.K. Rowling] She is allowed to have her own opinion, especially if she has suffered abuse.” According to the actress, who starred in four “Harry Potter” films as Bellatrix Lestrange in front of the camera, people’s past and previous pain should be respected.
Helena Bonham Carter criticizes cancel culture in general
According to Bonham Carter, the aforementioned “Harry Potter” stars Radcliffe, Watson and Grint publicly spoke out against Rowling because they wanted to protect their “own fan base and generation”. The actress also spoke out against cancel culture in general. This had become “very hysterical”. Bonham Carter also speaks of “a kind of witch hunt and a lack of understanding”. She laments “people’s willingness to judge” and continues: “You don’t all have to agree on everything – that would be crazy and boring.”