Johnny Depp is again in the limelight at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
The 59-year-old actor walked the red carpet as a French film at the event in Cannes, France, on Tuesday. jeanne du barryHe opens the film festival where he plays King Louis XV opposite director Maïwenn.
Depp stopped by to sign autographs and pose for selfies with fans before stepping out on the red carpet. he and jeanne du barry The cast and crew posed hand in hand. Maïwenn, Depp and the rest of the cast walked the carpet to The Clash’s song “Should I Stay or Go”. Depp was applauded in the hall as he came to take his seat.
The flashback film reached overseas a year after his controversial libel suit over a 2018 post he wrote about coming forward with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, over allegations of domestic abuse.
Concerning the opening of Depp’s film, Thierry Fremaux, chief of the Cannes Film Festival, told reporters on Monday: “I don’t know the image of Johnny Depp in the US To be honest, I have only one rule in my life, which is freedom of thought and within the legal framework. freedom of speech and movement.”
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“If Johnny Depp had been banned from starring in a movie, or if the movie was banned, we wouldn’t be talking about it here. So we saw Maïwenn’s movie and it could have entered the competition. Maïwenn would be the eighth female director,” Fremaux said. [controversy] The movie came up when it was announced in Cannes because everyone knew Johnny was making a movie in France… I don’t know why he chose it, but that’s a question you should ask Maïwenn.”
“As for the rest, I’m the last person to discuss all this,” he added. “If there’s anyone in this world who doesn’t pay the least attention to this much-publicized case, it’s me. I don’t know what it’s about. As an actor, I care about Johnny Depp too.”
In November 2020, Depp lost his libel case in the United Kingdom, where he sued the British tabloid. Sun for calling him “the wife beater”. Heard, 37, testified in support of the allegations, and a London judge affirmed the outlet’s claims as “largely true”. An attempt to overturn this decision in March 2021 was rejected.
Separately, a jury in Virginia mostly sided with Depp at a trial last year. Heard won all three libel suits he brought against him, and Heard won one of three claims in his counterclaim. Both appealed the decision but reached an agreement in December.
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Heard, who will pay 1 million dollars under the agreement, made a long statement at that time, “I did not accept.”
In their statement at the time, Depp’s lawyers added: “We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who has made it clear that his priority throughout this process is to bring the truth to light.”
About jeanne du barry“It was tough to film, but Johnny is excited for a comeback,” a source told PEOPLE in April.