Iron Man 2's Mickey Rourke says he has known Johnny Depp for 'years'; Calls Amber Heard a 'gold digger'

Mickey Rourke, who played Tony Stark in Iron Man 2, recently made a rare public comment

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about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial, which concluded last month in Virginia.

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A jury verdict found Depp victorious after finding Heard liable for defaming her

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former husband in a 2018 op-ed in which she referred to herself as a domestic violence survivor.

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In a recent interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored, Rourke discussed Depp and defended him, saying,

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"[I've known] Johnny for many years, but I don't really know him intimately."

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He went on to compare his own experience to Depp's, saying,

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