When people say your good deeds go a long way, and that karma has a way of coming around for you when you’re in need has some form of truth to it, which held true for Oscar-nominated Hollywood star Johnny Depp when he won the defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard. who had pressed domestic violence allegations against him before.
Due to these allegations, many within the industry and beyond started to forget all the good deeds he had done for many people he had come in contact with. One of the most famous ones among these tales is the time when Depp literally stopped the director of his film from getting shot during the shooting of a scene.
Johnny Depp Saved Oliver Stone From Death During The Shooting Of Platoon
It takes a lifetime to build a good and respectable reputation, but it takes only one bad rumor for it to crumble. This was the story of Johnny Depp when he was in court battling the Defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard. And while he won the case in the end, the damage had already been done. But people from within the industry, the ones who worked with him in the past, remembered just how good a man he was and reminded everyone the same. One of these tales came from the mouth of the star himself, about the time he saved his director from certain death.
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In the documentary of his 1986 film Platoon, the star recalled an incident that still scares him when he thinks about it. During the shoot, there was a scene where they had to depict US Army personnel intimidating a young Vietnamese girl. Therefore, to make it convincing, director Oliver Stone decided to bring out the real emotions from the girl, who wasn’t a pro actor, which led to him shouting at her harshly. Seeing this, an adviser from the Philippine Constabulary Police couldn’t take it, and pulled a gun on Stone, right before Depp stopped him. In the documentary, the Rango star said:
“She couldn’t have been more than nine. Oliver’s strategy into bringing real tears to the little girl’s face was a bit much. He raised his voice, and it went on for far longer than it needed to. These people aren’t actors. [The police member] reached in for his weapon, it was coming out, and, it was moving forward, and I went ‘Fuck’, and I put my arms round his wrist. That was a very heated, scary fucking moment. […] That was bad. I’ll never forget it,”
Therefore, after negotiations, the police officer warned the crew not to repeat this behavior ever again on set, which led to the filmmaker’s life being saved and the film being shot, and not him.
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What Was Platoon About?
Depicting the untold truth and horrors of the Vietnam War, Oscar-Winning filmmaker Oliver Stone’s movie Platoon depicts the conditions and situations that soldiers of the US Military, as well as local civilians faced during the war. Here, When deployed on felid, soldier Chris Taylor has to choose a side between two of his superiors, one who states that the locals are harboring opposing soldiers of the Viet Cong, while the other is more sympathetic to the nearby villagers and deems them innocent, which lead to a heated in-fighting between the two opposing sides.
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Platoon, streaming on Max.
Source: Platoon: Brothers In Arms
