Dior maintains its confidence in Johnny Depp. According to information from varietyThe French company closed a deal in August 2022 worth more than $20 million with the American actor to keep him as the face of its men’s perfume. Wild.
This contract would thus become the most important signed by a muse of men’s perfume, far ahead of the $12 million signed in 2013 by Robert Pattinson, already with the house of Dior. Or even the $7 million deal brokered by Brad Pitt to promote Chanel No. 5.
An image tarnished by the lawsuit against Amber Heard
Johnny Depp is the face of perfume Wild Dior since 2015. In recent months, the luxury group has faced pressure to terminate its contract with the Jack Sparrow interpreter, embroiled in a legal case with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, who accused him of beating her.
The highly publicized trial ultimately ended in a legal victory for Johnny Depp, as jurors ruled that the title and two passages from a column published by Amber Heard in the Washington Post contained defamatory comments about the star of “Pirates of the Caribbeanand awarded him $15 million in damages. For his part, Johnny Depp, one of whose ex-lawyers had made defamatory statements towards Amber Heard, was sentenced to pay two million dollars in compensation to the ‘actress’.
Source: BFM TV
