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The participation of Johnny Depp at the Cannes Film Festival has caused a stir in Hollywood after three years of his highly publicized trial against his ex-partner Amber Heard.
That is why the director of the film competitionThierry Fremaux, He spoke about this situation at a press conference: “If Johnny Depp had been banned from acting in a movie, or if the movie had been banned, we wouldn’t be here talking about it.”
For the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival it is very clear that the drama of Depp’s life and his work are two separate issues, “Johnny Depp matters to me as an actor”Fremaux said.
Meanwhile, journalist Eve Barlow started a campaign on social media with the hashtag #CannesYouNotto call attention to what she called the celebration “to abusers for 76 years”, a criticism not only of Depp, but also of Roman Polanski, Gerard Depardieu and Dominique Boutonnat.
Premiere of the film “Jeanne du Barry”
american actor Johnny Depp was present on May 16 at the premiere of the movie Jeanne du Barrydirected by Maiwenn and in which he has one of the leading roles.
At the end of the screening (which marked the opening of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival) he received a standing ovation from the public present for seven minutes.
Many described this work by Depp as his triumphant return to the world of cinema, after the defamation trial he launched last year against his ex-wife. Amber Heard. But at a press conference prior to the screening, he said he disagreed with it: “I keep wondering about the word ‘return’ because I didn’t go anywhere. In fact, I live about 45 minutes away from here. So… Yeah, maybe people stopped saying what their fear was at that point. But no, I didn’t go anywhere. I’ve been sitting, but am I back? It’s almost like I’m going to go out and tap dance or do something spectacular on the table and dance my best for you guys, and hope you’ll approve. The notion of such a thing is a strange mystery.”
The last time Johnny had traveled to Cannes to present a film was in 2011, when he starred in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”.
Now Jeanne du Barry It has received mixed reviews, but he is calm in this new stage in his life, and he referred to the moment in which due to the trial he was forced not to act on the tape “Fantastic beasts: The secrets of Dumbledore”: “I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood, because I don’t think about Hollywood. It’s a weird and fun time where everyone wishes they could be themselves, but they can’t. They should line up with the person in front of them. If you want to live that life, I wish you the best.”
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