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Johnny Depp is nearly unrecognizable at Comic-Con promoting new movie
Johnny Depp stunned fans by showing up at San Diego Comic-Con Thursday dressed as Ebenezer Scrooge.
The “Sleepy Hollow” actor was pictured at the yearly extravaganza wearing a top hat and heavy overcoat while carrying a cane as he channeled the iconic miser from “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol.”
The nearly unrecognizable actor sported a bushy brow, patchy grey facial hair and lengthy sideburns for the surprise appearance.
In one photo, he peered through a frost-covered windowpane, and in another, he emerged from what appeared to be a set re-creation of a snowy doorway.
Depp, 63, was snapped being greeted by cosplayers dressed as some of his most iconic characters from previous films — including Willy Wonka from 2005’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, Edward Scissorhands from the titular 1990 classic and Captain Jack Sparrow from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise (2003-2017).
Elsewhere at the pop culture convention, he took the stage at the legendary Hall H as Ebenezer, carrying a candlestick burned down to a short stub.
The trailer for the Ti West-directed film dropped Thursday online as well.
The actor was previously photographed on the London set of the film, looking equally as unrecognizable in costume as the Charles Dickens character.
In the February photos, Depp wore a navy blue robe and a cap covering his ears, appearing alongside co-star Andrea Riseborough — clad in head-to-toe white — who plays the Ghost of Christmas Past.
“Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol” also stars Ian McKellen, Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin and Rupert Grint.
The film is set for a Nov. 13 release.
The role is Depp’s comeback to mainstream Hollywood movies after he won a defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard in 2022.
He’d sued Heard for $50 million, claiming she defamed him in a Washington Post op-ed about abuse in 2018.
Ultimately, the “Aquaman” actress was ordered to pay Depp $15 million in — though she was also awarded $2 million for a counterclaim.
They settled the case that year, with Heard agreeing to pay her ex-husband $1 million.
Heard has since relocated to Spain, where she’s raising her children: Oonagh Paige, 5, and twins Ocean and Agnes, 1.
Prior to his legal showdown with Heard in the US, he lost a 2020 libel case against the UK Sun, which he sued for labeling him a “wife-beater” in a headline based on Heard’s allegations.
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