In recent days, there has been talk again about an episode of the podcast Powerful Truth Angels, recorded earlier this year. During the episode, Lola Glaudini told some anecdotes from the set of Blow. Starting with a (very unpleasant) reaction of Johnny Depp.
The story of Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini she said she was instructed by the director, Ted Demme, to burst out laughing at a Johnny Depp joke. However, the actor didn’t take it very well. At least according to his story. “She came up to me, pointed her finger in my face and he asked me who the fuck I thought I was“, recalled Lola Glaudini. “Shut up, damn. I’m trying to say my lines and you’re making me lose my concentration. You’re an asshole idiot. Oh, now that’s not that funny is it? Can you shut up now? Here, stay like this: silent”. For the actress, Blow it was the first great film after a apprenticeship in independent productions. She didn’t know Johnny Depp, but he was her idol, and she couldn’t be happier to work with him. Her reaction made her feel terrible. “Do not Cry, don’t cry, don’t cry: this I kept repeating to myself”, she said. The two then clarified without actually doing so. Glaudini said that later that same day, Depp reached her to justify himself: “You know, previously trapped in my character, I was doing that Boston accent of his, and I was confused. So I’m a little tense and stuff. I just wanted make sure we were okay“, he would have told her. The actress’s reaction would have been impassive, despite the fact that on the set they had begun to treat her as if she were the problem.
Depp’s reply
Johnny Depp’s response, which arrived through his spokesperson, was not long in coming. In a note, his publicist explained that the actor gives a lot importance to good relationships with the cast and crew of the films she works on: Lola Glaudini’s story is completely different from the opinions of other colleagues on the set. Also Samuel Sarkar, sound engineer of Blow, alongside Depp in many other films, denied the actress’s account. Because of her profession, she listens to everything that happens on set. And you maintain that there has never been such a dialogue.