<p>Nobody is safe from so-called "cancel culture," movie star Johnny Depp said on Wednesday at the San Sebastian Film Festival where he was due to receive the event's top award for his nearly 40-year career on screen.</p>.<p>Depp, 58, lost a libel battle with a British tabloid that labelled him a "wife beater" last year, when a London court ruled he had repeatedly assaulted his former partner, U.S. actor Amber Heard.</p>.<p>Since then the actor has complained of being boycotted by Hollywood as his latest film "Minamata" struggled to secure a US release.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, Depp decried "this cancel culture or this instant rush to judgement based on essentially what amounts to polluted air that's exhaled."</p>.<p>"I'll go to somebody's house man. I'll perform in your kid's birthday party at this point," he told a news conference, shortly before a ceremony where he would be presented with the Donostia award, San Sebastian's highest accolade.</p>.<p>"No one is safe as long as someone is willing to say one sentence. It takes one sentence."</p>.<p>Depp ascended to Hollywood stardom in the 1990s with portrayals of loners and outsiders in cult classics such as John Waters' "Cry Baby" and Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands."</p>.<p>He became a household name with the swashbuckling Disney franchise "Pirates of the Caribbean," playing fan favourite Jack Sparrow.</p>.<p>But he was replaced from the third film in the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise following the verdict against him in the London libel trial.</p>.<p>Feminist groups and film industry associations criticised the festival's decision to honour Depp when the award was announced in August.</p>.<p>The CIMA association of female cinematographers and audiovisual professionals said it was "an error from an ethical point of view."</p>.<p>Responding to that criticism, festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos said the award was a reflection of Depp's cinematic achievements and unrelated to his personal life.</p>.<p>"The role of a film festival is not to judge the conduct of members of the film industry," he said at the time.</p>.<p>Depp is the second recipient of the accolade this year. On Friday, French actor Marion Cotillard received the statue from Spanish actor Penelope Cruz.</p>
<p>Nobody is safe from so-called "cancel culture," movie star Johnny Depp said on Wednesday at the San Sebastian Film Festival where he was due to receive the event's top award for his nearly 40-year career on screen.</p>.<p>Depp, 58, lost a libel battle with a British tabloid that labelled him a "wife beater" last year, when a London court ruled he had repeatedly assaulted his former partner, U.S. actor Amber Heard.</p>.<p>Since then the actor has complained of being boycotted by Hollywood as his latest film "Minamata" struggled to secure a US release.</p>.<p>On Wednesday, Depp decried "this cancel culture or this instant rush to judgement based on essentially what amounts to polluted air that's exhaled."</p>.<p>"I'll go to somebody's house man. I'll perform in your kid's birthday party at this point," he told a news conference, shortly before a ceremony where he would be presented with the Donostia award, San Sebastian's highest accolade.</p>.<p>"No one is safe as long as someone is willing to say one sentence. It takes one sentence."</p>.<p>Depp ascended to Hollywood stardom in the 1990s with portrayals of loners and outsiders in cult classics such as John Waters' "Cry Baby" and Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands."</p>.<p>He became a household name with the swashbuckling Disney franchise "Pirates of the Caribbean," playing fan favourite Jack Sparrow.</p>.<p>But he was replaced from the third film in the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise following the verdict against him in the London libel trial.</p>.<p>Feminist groups and film industry associations criticised the festival's decision to honour Depp when the award was announced in August.</p>.<p>The CIMA association of female cinematographers and audiovisual professionals said it was "an error from an ethical point of view."</p>.<p>Responding to that criticism, festival director Jose Luis Rebordinos said the award was a reflection of Depp's cinematic achievements and unrelated to his personal life.</p>.<p>"The role of a film festival is not to judge the conduct of members of the film industry," he said at the time.</p>.<p>Depp is the second recipient of the accolade this year. On Friday, French actor Marion Cotillard received the statue from Spanish actor Penelope Cruz.</p>