Johnny Depp returns as the face of Dior Sauvage in the first ad since Amber Heard’s trial
The actor – who has been the face of the men’s fragrance since 2015 – reportedly signed a three-year contract with Dior worth over $20 million after winning his ex-wife’s defamation trial in 2022.
Johnny Depp Star of the new campaign for Dior’s Sauvage, marking his return as the longtime face of the men’s fragrance.
Earlier this week, Dior released a new commercial for the fragrance featuring the 60-year-old actor – his first ad for Sauvage since his trial against his ex-wife in 2022 Amber Heard.
As seen in the 25-second ad above, Depp can be heard narrating shots of natural landscapes, while the clip cuts to him throughout doing the voiceover against a dark blue background. It’s in the clip Pirates of the Caribbean Star wore an all-black outfit and various silver jewelry.
“An eagle screams as it circles its prey. The blazing sun high in the ozone-blue sky,” Depp says in the ad. “A trail of cold winds stirs a land of dry wood and stone. That’s the reputation of Sauvage Eau.”
Dior also posted the new ad on Instagram, as well as photos and clips from previous campaigns, in honor of Depp’s return as the perfume’s spokesperson.
“Bold and powerful, in his essence, his truth, @JohnnyDepp embodies the soul of Sauvage,” the French luxury fashion house captioned a throwback photo of Depp.
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The Sweeney Todd Star has been the face of the fragrance since 2015. While he was shut out of several projects in the wake of Heard’s allegations and his loss in the British libel case, Dior not only stood by Depp but also reportedly offered him the biggest men’s fragrance deal of all time diversity. The outlet reported that Depp has signed a three-year contract with Dior worth over $20 million.
Depp’s new Dior Sauvage campaign is the first he has starred in since the defamation trailer between him and Heard last year.
In June 2022, after six weeks of testimony and extensive media coverage, a verdict was reached in the actor’s libel trial – and the jury largely sided with Depp, ruling that Heard had accused Depp in a Washington Post op-ed in 2022 defamed in 2018. They awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
Heard, 37, scored a small victory of his own. The jury ruled that statements made by Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman were defamatory – and awarded her $2 million in damages.
Both appealed against the verdict, but resolved last December.
