20 Films That Infuriated The Real People They Were Based On

11. Black Mass

In 2015 crime biopic Black Mass, Johnny Depp played notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, but he wasn’t able to meet with the criminal to research his role. Bulger refused to correspond with Depp and would not watch the film. The imprisoned mobster’s lawyer Hank Brennan told People, “Johnny Depp might as well have been playing the Mad Hatter all over again as far as James Bulger is concerned.”