Some time ago, the actor revealed the real reason why he often uses glasses. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, he admitted that he has suffered from vision problems since birth and is forced to rely heavily on prescription glasses. Johnny Depp said he was “basically blind as a bat” in his left eye. He also cannot see well in his right eye.
Johnny Depp can see a few inches without his glasses
Depp said he suffers from nearsightedness in his right eye and neither condition can be treated. – Everything is just very, very blurry. I have never had proper eyesight – he told the interviewing journalist.
Interestingly, Depp most likely cannot use contact lenses for some reason, because he does not use them on the film set. Due to the fact that his characters in films such as “Edward Scissorhands”, “Chocolate” and the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series do not wear glasses, the actor can only see a few inches in front of him at any given time.
The British consider him a bespectacled icon
Many of the actor’s fans are interested in what frames he wears. On the Internet you can find articles like “Johnny Depp wears such glasses” with a list of specific models. The clear frames with blue lenses in which he appeared in court during the famous (broadcast on TV) trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard brought enormous popularity to the Australian company that created these glasses. – We only released 75 of these frames because it was a limited edition. I think he bought them because we don’t really give gifts to celebrities – the media the brand owner. He also admitted that he was inundated with tons of messages from the actor’s fans asking him to resume production of this particular model, but he had no plans to do so.
This year, Depp won the plebiscite organized by the Association of British Optometrists. two thousand Britons who, according to them, is a “bespectacled icon”. The top three are as follows: Johnny Depp, Lady Gaga and Jeff Goldblum.
Source: Gazeta

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