Lola Glaudini accuses Johnny Depp of verbal abuse
The actor Lola Glaudini has recalled an incident that occurred on the set of the 2001 biographical crime drama film Blow, directed by Ted Demme and starring Johnny Depp, during which Depp lambasted her for a poor take.
Speaking on a resurfaced episode of the Powerful Truth Angels podcast from earlier this year, Glaudini explained that she had been instructed to burst out laughing in the background of a scene where Depp speaks one of his lines.
Glaudini explained, “[Depp] says his monologue. I hear the cue, and I go ‘haha’, I do a big laugh or whatever. Johnny Depp, when they say cut, walks over to me, comes up to me, sticks his finger in my face.”
She added, “He goes, ‘Who the fuck do you think you are? Who the fuck do you think you are? Shut the fuck up. I’m out here, and I’m trying to fucking say my lines and you’re fucking pulling focus. You fucking idiot. Oh, now, oh now it’s not so funny? Now you can shut up? Now you can fucking shut the fuck up? The quiet that you are right now, that’s how you fucking stay.’”
Glaudini admitted to having idolised Depp and considered herself excited to work with him on her first studio movie. She said, “The only thing going through my head was, ‘Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry.’”
According to Glaudini, Depp had offered a half-apology later in the day. Glaudini spoke to her father about the incident, who offered the advice: “You have two choices right now: you can either say fuck this, fuck you, and I’m not going to be spoken to like that, or you never let him see you sweat.”
Glaudini decided to pick the latter option, and when Depp said to the actor, “You know, so earlier I was really in my head and staying in my character, I’m doing this Boston accent, and it’s really fucking with me. So I’m a little tense and stuff. So I just wanted to make sure we’re cool and everything?” Glaudini played the incident off and replied, “I don’t know what you’re talking about? Of course, what are you talking about? Totally cool.”
A representative for Depp responded to the story, “Johnny always prioritizes good working relationships with cast and crew and this recounting differs greatly from the recollection of other members on set at the time.”
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