The Independent on Saturday

Depp plays Trump card with assassinat­ion quip

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LOS ANGELES: Johnny Depp has asked a crowd at the Glastonbur­y Festival when was the last time an actor assassinat­ed a president. The remarks came during a segment on Thursday in which Depp was speaking about President Donald Trump.

He asked the question at the annual festival that celebrates the performing arts.

The 54-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star followed by saying that he is not an actor, but someone who lies for a living.

However, he said, it’s “been a while, and maybe it’s time”.

Actor John Wilkes Booth assassinat­ed President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

Depp was at the festival to introduce a screening of his 2004 film, The Libertine.

He played Trump last year in a Fun or Die video parody of the businessma­n’s 1987 book, The Art of the Deal.

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