Johnny Depp has said text messages he sent about burning and drowning his former partner Amber Heard were a joke based on a Monty Python sketch.

Johnny Depp says texts he sent to actor Paul Bettany about burning and drowning his former partner Amber Heard were a joke based on a Monty Python sketch.

Johnny Depp would love to be a part of Monty Python, the hit British TV comedy sketch show, according to director Terry Gilliam.

It will be Depp's second feature film since the conclusion of his high-profile defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard in the US two years ago.

Johnny Depp says texts he sent to actor Paul Bettany about burning and drowning his former partner Amber Heard were a joke based on a Monty Python sketch.