- Tracey Jacobs,
Johnny Depp 's former agent, testified in court Thursday. - Jacobs said Depp once asked her to shut down a film because it featured nude scenes with
Amber Heard .
Tracey Jacobs, Johnny Depp's former agent, testified Thursday that Depp once asked her to kill a version of the 2018 film "London Fields" over nude scenes that featured his then-wife Amber Heard.
Jacobs — who represented Depp for 30 years until 2016 when the actor terminated their contract — began her testimony as part of Depp and Heard's ongoing defamation by saying that initially, Depp was not a difficult client, but over time their working relationship became more complicated due to Depp's behavior.
"Showing up late to set consistently, on virtually every movie," Jacobs said of Depp's behavior on film sets. "I would get yelled at. I would never say to him, 'You're a difficult client.' I would never say that. But I would tell him you've got to stop this, this is hurting you. And it did."
Jacobs continued to say that Depp romanticized drug culture and had "fundamental issues with anger" that intensified over time, before detailing one specific incident when Depp sent her a series of angry all-caps emails instructing her to shut down the 2018 film "London Fields" over nude scenes that featured Heard. A screenshot of the emails was presented in court.
Depp began the exchange by informing Jacobs that the producers of "London Fields" intended to debut their film at the Toronto International Film Festival and that she should contact them immediately about cutting nude scenes that feature Amber Heard.
"It is in Amber's contract that there will be no nudity and her f------ agents are weak and insipid," Depp said in the email. "Will you please call these motherf------ and you and Jake get on this immediately?"
In a follow-up email, Depp added: "It must be shut down or I will sue them eighteen ways from f------ Sunday. These people are nobodies in this business and they should be made to understand that we will ruin them instantly."
"London Fields" was released in 2018. At the time, Amber Heard filed a lawsuit against the film's producers Christopher Hanley and his wife Roberta for violating a "nudity rider" included in her contract by shooting footage that she had no knowledge of until after she had left the set.
Heard's lawyer said that the footage, featured in a producer's cut of the film, involved a nude scene with the actor's body double and was edited so as to leave audiences "with the distinct impression that it was Heard" in the scene, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Elsewhere during her testimony, Jacobs said Depp was once "the biggest star in the world" but his star has now "dimmed" due to his legal issues and reputation.
"It had become harder to get him a job due to the reputation he acquired due to his lateness and other things," Jacobs said, adding that "the question was out there about his behavior," which included alcohol and drug use.