Eva Green Shows Her Support For Johnny Depp Amid His Legal Battle With Amber Heard

The French actress, 41, Eva Green, believes the Pirates of the Caribbean star's life will be 'better than ever when the explosive Virginia court case concludes.

On Thursday, she took to Instagram to express her support for Johnny, 58 and shared a photo of herself and the actor promoting their 2012 film Dark Shadows.

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Eva penned: 'I have no doubt Johnny will emerge with his good name, and wonderful heart revealed to the world, and life will be better than it ever was for him and his family.'

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Green is one of several actors who have publicly voiced support for Depp during the trial, taking place in Virginia since April 11. Comedian Bill Burr came forward on his podcast to support Depp and urge the actor's haters to apologize if Heard loses the defamation case.

Burr said, "From what I've seen, the guy is fucking destroying. And what's great about this is if he does expose this woman for lying. I'm wondering if all these people who just accepted her lie about him if they're going to apologize somehow."

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Johnny is suing his ex-wife, 36, for $50million for defamation over her 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post, in which she spoke about being a victim of domestic abuse. 

Amber, the Aquaman star, has countersued for $100 million, and the court case has gained attention in recent weeks, with Amber alleging she was beaten and threatened by her husband.

Johnny has denied his ex-wife's allegations of abusive behavior and recently declared in court that he has lost 'nothing less than everything' due to the allegations.

Asked what he has lost following the publication of Amber's essay, he said: 'Nothing less than everything

'When the allegations were made [and] rapidly circling the globe, telling people I was a drunken cocaine-fuelled menace who beat women – suddenly in my 50s – it's over. You're done.

'So what did it do to me? What effect did it have on me? I put it to you this way, no matter the outcome of this trial, the second the allegations were made against me, the accusations, the second that more and more metastasized and turned into fodder for the media, once that happened, I lost then.'

Because of the case's high profile, the Edward Scissorhands actor believes the allegations will follow him forever.

He added: 'That is to say, I lost because that is not a thing that anyone is just going to put on your back for a short period of time. I will live with that for the rest of my life because of the allegations and because it was such  high-profile case.

'So I lost then, no matter the outcome of this trial. I'll carry that for the rest of my days. It never had to be that way. It never had to happen, and I don't quite understand why it did in the way that it did.'

Elsewhere in the court case, Amber testified she fought 'really hard' to stay in the Aquaman sequel when scenes from the movie were axed and 'communication stopped' with the producers after Johnny's team depicted her abuse allegations as a 'hoax'. 

She said she had been labeled a 'liar' during the $100million defamation trial because Johnny, 58, is the 'bigger star' and had 'more publicity reach'.

Amber testified in court in Virginia that Johnny's'sophisticated PR machine' worked to portray her as a liar in the media which harmed her career.

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Her testimony was supported by her talent agent, Jessica Kovacevic, who claimed on Thursday that the actress's rise to fame was hampered by allegations made by Johnny's attorney that she fabricated her injuries.

According to Kovacevic, Amber was set to earn $2 million for her role in Aquaman 2. Still, Warner Bros. decided to reduce her role due to a 'lack of chemistry between Amber and Aquaman star Jason Momoa.

According to Kovacevic, it is unlikely that a star involved in a film as successful as Aquaman will not have their career take off. 

Aquaman was DC's most successful film, grossing $940.7 million, and Kovacevic believes Amber should have experienced a similar, albeit smaller, rise to fame as her co-star, Jason Momoa.

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Kovacevic claimed Amber's stardom was dimmed due to the allegations made by Johnny's attorney, Adam Waldman, who claimed Amber had faked her injuries and the damages to Depp's Los Angeles penthouse.

Amber testified on Monday: 'I fought really hard to stay in the movie [Aquaman 2]. They didn't want to include me in the film.'

'I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it. That depicted by character and another character, without giving any spoilers away, two characters fighting with one another.

'They basically took a bunch out of my role. They just removed a bunch.'

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She added on Tuesday: 'I don't know if I will even be in the final cut or how much I will be. It was difficult to stay in the movie.'

Asked about what work she has done since Depp's legal team referred to her claims of sexual violence as a hoax, she said: 'I have done one small independent film.'

Johnny has stated that his Hollywood connections helped Amber land the role of Aquaman, despite Amber's claim that she got the job on her own.

Her comments come after 4.2 million people signed a petition asking DC Warner Bros. to remove Amber from the role of Aquaman 2 in the film.

Amber previously admitted that she did not donate $3.5 million from her divorce settlement with Depp to charity, despite telling the UK's High Court that she had.

She stated in court that she had "not been able to fulfill those obligations yet... because Johnny sued me for $50 million in March 2019."

Johnny's lawyer inquired whether she had announced the donation because she desired "praise" and "good press."

She replied: 'That wasn't my interest. My interest is in my name – in clearing my name. At the time, I was being called a 'liar' and my motives were being questioned. I did see it as important to clear that up.'

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She added: 'I wanted to make a statement to make sure there was not any doubt. That I couldn't be labelled these things just because Johnny was the bigger star and had more publicity reach.'