Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp thanked the London policemen who once arrested him as he arrived in the capital at the premiere of his latest film.

Johnny Depp attending the Alice Through The Looking Glass European premiere(Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)

He appeared without his wife Amber Heard, 30, but said he was grateful to her for “putting up with him”.

He said: “I think everybody has a sense of themselves, we are all living our lives together and living closely with someone.

“I know I wouldn’t be considered normal, I suppose, so I thank her for that. I thank my mum for that, I thank my father for that, for putting up with me.

Johnny Depp poses for photographs with fans whilst attending the Alice Through The Looking Glass European premiere(Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)

“I also thank the London policemen when I was arrested here, they were very nice and gave me a cup of tea.”

Johnny was arrested in London in 1999 after a scuffle with photographers outside a restaurant and was later cautioned.

His wife Amber recently avoided jail in Australia after pleading guilty to providing a false immigration document amid allegations she smuggled the couple’s dogs Pistol and Boo into the country.

Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, James Bobin, Ed Speleers, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Andrew Scott, Leo Hill, Tim Burton and Linda Woolverton attending the Alice Through The Looking Glass European premiere(Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)

The pair went on to record a bizarre video in which they apologised and spoke about how important it is to protect Australia’s biodiversity.

In his new film, Johnny returns to the role of the Mad Hatter after the huge success of Alice In Wonderland, which was directed by Tim Burton in 2010. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and Sherlock star Andrew Scott join the all-star cast for the second outing, which was directed by James Bobin.

Johnny said: “It was a lot of fun to come back to the Mad Hatter, it was a gas to get back together with the cast and the addition of Sacha upped the stakes quite a lot. This particular film has a bit more of the Hatter’s layers and things going on.”

Johnny Depp and Australian actress, Mia Wasikowska(Jonathan Short/AP/PA)

He added: “The first film was something very special in terms of Tim and I working together again. Bringing in James was brilliant because he has such a profound respect for the language that Tim created and stretched it into his own vision.”

Sacha was joined by his wife Isla Fisher for his red carpet outing and joked about working with Johnny saying: “We would do a few hours on the acting and then an hour of plotting how to get dogs in and out of countries so it became exhausting and really the film was secondary. In the end he was shipping about 300 dogs a day in and out of England.”

Australian actress Mia Wasikowska resumes her role as Alice, who explores her feelings about the passage of time in the film.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Australian actress Isla Fisher (Jonathan Short/AP/PA)

Dressed in a blue custom Prada gown, she said: “The message in the film is really nice, that the best way to deal with time is to accept what happened in the past and not try and change it and move on freely into the future.”

Alice Through The Looking Glass is released in UK cinemas on May 27.