Johnny Depp has addressed allegations that he raised his voice at Lola Glaudini on the set of their 2001 film, Blow.
The 60-year-old played drug kingpin George Jung in the movie, alongside Penelope Cruz, Jaime King, Ray Liotta and Emma Roberts, with Ted Demme as director.
Glaudini appeared as Rada in the crime drama and has also been in the Sopranos, The King of Queens, Criminal Minds and the Expanse.
During an appearance on the Powerful Truth Angels podcast, she opened up about her time working with Depp, claiming that he berated her on her first day on set.
A clip from the episode, initially released in January, has resurfaced on social media, in which the 52-year-old actress explained that her first scene involved wearing a bikini and sitting on a rug while he delivered a monologue.
Glaudini remembered that, after a few takes, director Demme asked her to burst out laughing when Depp said a specific word.
‘He says his monologue, I hear the cue and I go, “hahaha”. I do a big laugh. Carries on the scene, cut, back to one and going again,’ she continued, noting that this continued for several takes,’ she began.
‘Johnny Depp, when they say cut, walks over to me, comes up to me, sticks his finger in my face – and I’m in a bikini on the ground – and he comes over and he goes, “Who the f**k do you think you are? Who the f**k do you think you are? Shut the f**k up. I’m out here, and I’m trying to f**king say my lines and you’re f**king pulling focus.
‘”You f**king idiot. Who the f**k do you think… Oh, now it’s not so funny? Now you can shut up? Now you can f**king shut the f**k up? Oh it’s not funny now?
‘”The quiet that you are right now, that’s how you f**king stay.”’
Glaudini shared that she was taken aback by his reaction, and continued: ‘First day on the set, I’ve never met him. This was my first studio movie, I’ve just done indies until then. And I have the star who I have idolized, who I am so excited to work with, reamed me in my face,’ she told the host.
‘The only thing going through my head was, “Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry.”’
She also claimed that Demme didn’t intervene and set the record straight on his direction, and instead ‘totally hung me out to dry’.
When filming eventually wrapped for the day, after another few hours of work, she alleged that she was seen as a ‘pariah’ by her colleagues, and that no one wanted to speak to her after the incident.
Glaudini remembered rushing to her trailer and hyperventilating once they were finally done for the day, before Depp pulled her aside for a ‘non-apology apology’.
She added: ‘[He said]: 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 f**king with me. I’m a little tense and stuff. I just wanted to make sure we’re cool and everything.”
‘I just saw him and thought, “I don’t understand what you're saying? Of course, what are you talking about? Totally cool.”
‘So that was the situation. And then we spent six weeks in Acapulco.’
Depp has since responded to her comments, stating that his former co-star’s memory ‘differs’ from their colleagues.
A representative for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor told Metro.co.uk: ‘Johnny always gives top priority to good working relationships with cast and crew, and this retelling is very different from what others remember from that time on set.’
They also referred to Sam Sarkar, who worked in the sound department on Blow – as well as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Chocolat – and claimed he heard nothing unusual.
‘I worked on that movie in the sound department,’ Sarkar said. ‘As a sound person, you’re constantly listening to what is happening on set, listening for noises, listening for chatter. In fact, I specifically listened to Johnny’s audio to check for interference, both during rehearsals and during the take.
‘I never heard anything like that – and that would have been a significant event.’
