‘I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood’: Johnny Depp responds to Cannes controversy

If anyone could have imagined a protest at the presentation of Maven’s film Jeanne du Barry, at the opening of the festival this Tuesday, May 16, the team’s climb up the stairs went smoothly – an important safety device was installed. As a result, a smiling Johnny Depp appeared with the actor and the director.

Reminder, opening day, newspaper release Revealed more than a hundred signatures against actors and actresses. Men and women who attackThis platform aims to support Adele Hennel’s decision to leave the world of cinema and protest the visit of the American actress to the festival.

Nevertheless, several questions were asked directly to the actor at a press conference this Wednesday, May 17 – a conference to which Louis XV’s interpreter arrived a few minutes late.

When an American media journalist Deadline Asked if he feels boycotted by the Hollywood industry, Johnny Depp answers directly: “Or do I feel boycotted by Hollywood? Not at all. I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood because I don’t think about Hollywood. I really don’t need it.”

He adds: “I think we live in a strange, absurd time where everyone wants to be themselves but can’t. They have to fall in line, match. If you want to live this life, I’ll be on the other side.“

Regarding the lawsuit against him against Amber Heard, Johnny Depp states: “As far as my life is concerned, most of what is written is fantastically and horribly written fiction.” At the end of this highly publicized trial, the jury decided Mutual defamation, but in different proportions, ordered the actress to pay her ex-husband $10 million in damages when the actress was ordered to pay $2 million. Finally, a financial agreement was reached. Let’s also remember that the first lawsuit filed by Johnny Depp in a tabloid on who presented her as an abusive husband, decided in favor of the British newspaper

As for the term “comeback” – his return – the actor makes it clear that he does not understand this term: “I never left. (…) Maybe people called me, but I don’t know what they were afraid of. I didn’t go anywhere. I was there. So coming back is like leaving my house and dancing or something.”

Jeanne du BarryNow in theaters.