'Fantastic Beasts' just revealed our first good look at Johnny Depp — and fans are furious he's still in the movie

• Johnny Depp is returning as Gellert Grindelwald in "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald."
• People aren't happy that he's in the "Harry Potter" spinoff movie.
• Amber Heard accused Depp of assaulting her while they were married, but she later dropped the allegations. 
• People also just don't like his casting and are suggesting different actors instead.

Warner Bros. teased the first cast image for "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald," the first sequel to J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" spinoff.

It features Johnny Depp, who plays Gellert Grindelwald the series' villain.

People aren't happy that he's still in the series.

The most serious reason critics cite is that Depp allegedly committed domestic violence against his now ex-wife, Amber Heard.

Bruises were visible on Heard's face when she made the allegations. The domestic violence lawsuit she filed against Depp was dismissed in August 2016, at the same time that the two settled their divorce.

It also doesn't help that Depp's outfit, facial hair, and acting talent makes it hard to take him seriously in the movie. Fans are proposing ways to recast him with someone else.

Tilda Swinton, who had played the gender-bending title role in 1992's "Orlando," perhaps?

 Maybe Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister on "Game of Thrones"?

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Colin Farrell, who played Percival Graves in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," is a popular pick. At the end of the first movie, Graves turned out to be Grindelwald in disguise.

Maybe, in this case, it's best just to eliminate Depp altogether, people suggested.

Johnny Depp, though his star has waned, still has his defenders. A few people tweeted their excitement about the casting.

But in the era following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, men accused of assault are finding their careers running short. Kevin Spacey has dozens of accusers, and he's since been kicked off of "House of Cards," had a Netflix movie canceled, and is having all of his scenes re-shot in "All the Money in the World" with Christopher Plummer instead.

So far, though, Depp isn't experiencing the same kinds of consequences.

"Fantastic Beasts" producer Warner Bros. didn't immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment on Depp's participation in the franchise.

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