Johnny Depp poses for fake mugshot as he lends his star power to powerful new campaign hoping to free imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker
He's often used his celebrity status to highlight a number of political issues.
And Johnny Depp threw his star power behind another campaign as he expressed support for imprisoned Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov.
Posing for a thought-provoking mugshot, the 53-year-old actor wore a board hanging around his neck showing Sentsov’s sentence.
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Star power: Johnny Depp expressed support for imprisoned Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov as he posed for a thought-provoking mugshot in a new campaign
The photo was taken as part of a new campaign called Imprisoned for Art, which has also been backed by the likes of Peter Gabriel and Tom Morello.
Hunter Heaney, co-founder and executive director of The Voice Project, said the campaign had twin goals - to build awareness and raise money for the group, which works to support freedom of expression.
Depp had chosen to support filmmaker Sentsov, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit terror attacks by a Russian military court in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Imprisoned: Depp was supporting Russian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit terror attacks by a military court in 2015 and sentenced to 20 years
Meanwhile, Depp hit the headlines recently when it emerged he has a cameo role in the forthcoming Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
Following this, it came out that he plays the character of Grindelwald prequel - leading to an outcry on social media.
Fans suggested that Depp wasn't the right choice in the light of the domestic abuse claims leveled against him by his now ex-wife Amber Heard during their messy divorce this summer.
Back on screens: Depp hit the headlines recently when it emerged he has a cameo role in the forthcoming Harry Potter spin-off film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
But director David Yates defended the decision, saying he and producer David Heyman simply went 'for the most inspired, interesting, right fit for that character.'
Speaking during publicity for the latest J.K. Rowling big screen adaptation, Yates explained: 'As we started to approach Grindelwald, we thought, "Who’s going to take this in an interesting direction?"
'In this business you’re a star one week, people are saying odd things the next, but no one takes away your pure talent.'
The Hollywood star is set to play a much bigger role in the sequel that is expected to chart the rise of the wizard Grindelwald to power in Europe, and will be filmed in the UK and in Paris.
Messy: There was a backlash on Depp's new role in light of the domestic abuse claims leveled against him by his now ex-wife Amber Heard during their messy divorce this summer
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