Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard: No, the actor did not borrow lines from “The Talented Mr. Ripley” during his testimony

The allegation that Amber Heard withdrew from the story of “The Talented Mr. Ripley” because of her testimony in the defamation trial against Johnny Depp has been debunked.

After the Aquaman actor testified on Thursday (May 5th) about his second day of the ongoing trial, she was accused of verbatim remarks from director Anthony Minghella’s film.

A popular statement on social media claims that Hurd’s initial statement borrowed the plot of the 1999 psychological thriller starring Jude Law, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett.

A number of social media users shared screenshots to compare Hurd’s testimony with lines from the film’s script. They claim that Hurd’s statement is almost word for word with a dialogue uttered by Gwyneth Paltrow’s character Marge Duvall about Dickie (Law) in the film.

According to these unverified social media posts, Hurd had said: “When I was around Johnny, I felt like the most beautiful person in the world.

“You know, it made me feel seen, it made me feel like a million dollars. It felt like a dream. It felt like, um, absolute magic, and then he would disappear. And there was just no way to connect with him, there was no way to connect with him.

However, soon after the rumors began to appear online, the fact-finding website Snopes.com immediately debunked the rumor.

The online publication revealed that Hurd could not use the quotes from the film (which are genuine) because she “did not make an introductory statement” at all.

In fact, her lawyer made an introductory statement on her behalf before testifying.

“The allegation that Hurd repeated these lines from ‘Talented Mr Ripley’ was presented on social media without evidence,” the fact-finding report said.

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“Those who claim that they did not share Hurd’s video of the alleged statement, nor did they link to news articles containing this quote or a transcript of the trial to prove the accusation.

The publication noted that it is suspicious that the social media posts accusing it do not share a video of Hurd saying these words, given that the trial is being broadcast live.

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