Johnny Depp Responds to Allegations of On-Set Misconduct: Inside the Blow Controversy

Johnny Depp has finally responded to the revival of Lola Glaudini’s account of her experience with the actor on the set of “Blow” during a Jan. 30 episode of the podcast Powerful Truth Angels.

A rep for Depp sharply explained to Deadline that the actor “being complicit” in the film directed by Wayne Roberts is “bull.

Near the beginning of the shoot, Glaudini spent several weeks working closely with Depp. She recalled a scene in which, in the early days of the picture, she was to laugh on cue during Depp’s monologue as directed by filmmaker Ted Demme. After ten grueling takes, Glaudini was habitually giggling more out of stress than anything else. After a 15-minute harangue, Riggs Redirect

At the time, Glaudini said the incident left her feeling so “incredulous and cowed” because it was her first day on a movie set, and she had been a lifelong fan of Depp since he first worked as an actor. Depp tried to apologize later, yet she felt mortified and “finally found the voice” to brush it off under the pressure to get on with things professionally.

Further, Glaudini felt sidetracked by the fact that Demme never warned them in any way, nor did he apologize, so by the end of the shooting, she felt very alienated and isolated. Examining this incident rekindles a long-standing debate in the film industry: what power dynamics genuinely shape the power dynamics among diverse individuals on a film set?