Families of Whitey Bulger’s victims aren’t happy with Johnny Depp
“There’s a kind heart in there,’’ Johnny Depp said about James “Whitey’’ Bulger, the character he plays in the film Black Mass, while on the red carpet outside Coolidge Corner Theater for the film’s screening. “There’s a cold heart in there. There’s a man who loves. There’s a man who cries. There’s a lot to the man.’’
Depp’s comments while on the film’s publicity blitz about the most notorious gangster in the city’s history aren’t sitting well with the relatives of his victims.
Steven Davis, whose sister Debra Davis was murdered at the hands of Bulger and his Steve Flemmi in 1981, spoke on WEEI’s Dennis & Callahan Morning Show on Wednesday morning.
“He knew nothing about him,’’ Davis said. “He should have read more on transcripts and clips and everything else before he made comments on him not being evil… He should be walking in our shoes and he should have reached out to some of the families to see the real side, the hurt and pain and suffering he’s done to a lot of the families.’’
When asked how her murder was portrayed in the film, Davis said he didn’t know because he refuses to go see it.
Patricia Donahue, whose husband Michael Donahue was shot to death by Bulger in 1982, told the Globe that she doesn’t plan to see it either.
“I think he should have spoken to the victims before he took on this movie or got the papers from the trial to see how these victims felt and what [Bulger] was really like,’’ Donahue said. “The people who are human are the people who were killed, not Bulger. He’s a sicko, a psycho.’’
While outside the Coolidge this week, Depp also spoke of Bulger as a “man of honor.’’ You can watch a clip from the red carpet here:
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[fragment number=1]Black Mass cast walk the red carpet at Coolidge Corner Theatre screening
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