Joan of BarryMaïwenn’s fantastic project
Joan of Barry it has been talked about for several months. As soon as the project was announced, we were surprised to see Maiwenn embark on a film that focuses on costumes on the last favorite of King Louis XV. Also surprising to look at Johnny Depp join the shooting to precisely embody the king of France. However, Maïwenn has been thinking about this feature film for years.
Since its discovery of Maria Antonietta by Sofia Coppola in 2006. Inside, it’s Asia Argento embodying Jeanne du Barry and fast Maïwenn found herself in this historical figureas he said First in an interview with Thierry Cheze.
I know from having experienced her many things she has been through. She having left school very early, having felt very young that her charm and seduction could take her very far. She having loved a man of power at an early age and been called a whore throughout the time they were together…
Only at that time a project of this magnitude seemed inaccessible to her – the same year her first film was released Excuse me. In the May issue of the French magazine we learn about it Joan of Barry it took some time to build and assemble, and so on the actors expected to embody Louis XV followed one another.
How did Johnny Depp become Louis XV?
Leading French actors, who declined or were forced to drop out due to ill health. It’s only after a desperate attempt that Maïwenn contacted Johnny Depp, “without much hope“, but explaining to him why it would be”(his) ideal Louis XV“.
Because he looks like royalty and I know 50% of the staging will come just by stepping into the frame. And because I feel this tormented side to him that I want for the character.
Following the advice ofSteven, his assistant/friend/partner“, Johnny Depp then accepted. And despite the second lawsuit against the plaintiff Amber heardthat has “damaged (the) image even more“by Johnny Depp, the project remained in this configuration. Neither the director nor the actor wanted to abandon the project, as Maïwenn explains.
For me it was obvious. His private life is none of my business. It was out of the question to make the film without him.
Maïwenn returns to the “tensions” of filming
However, in October 2022, rumors come that echoa very complicated recovery for Joan of Barry, with serious problems between Maïwenn and Johnny Depp. Rumors that would be far from reality according to the director. According to her, these “tensions” would only be “the result of cultural differences“ Primo writes. Before Maïwenn gives an example of misunderstanding in their ways of working.
Johnny is a star, a king… And an American! I was told that, to let him know we were waiting for him to shoot a scene, I couldn’t knock on his dressing room door. But one day I did it anyway. And there, he made it clear to me that I had committed an unacceptable intrusion and he asked me what I would do if he came knocking on my dressing room door. I told him they all do it all the time. Because that’s how a set works in France!
Johnny Depp and Maïwenn would then end up finding common ground on the set of Joan of Barry. The actor also making efforts to adapt to French methods.
I realized that in the US the stars aren’t really direct. They explain to the director how they are going to play the scene and the director follows the movement. But in France the boss is the director. So, with each take, I obviously took up his proposal, but I also asked him to interpret mine to have the choice during editing. And on that, he really played the game.
Contrary to what was said, there would therefore be no no personal conflicts between the actor and the director. Johnny Depp acts like a star while remaining professional. Furthermore, Maïwenn shows herself happy with this experience and what the actor brought him for his film.
His star status, he didn’t steal. For me, who want the least talkative film possible, it’s fascinating to see everything that Johnny conveys through his face, his gaze. Like a silent actor.
Joan of Barry will be released in theaters on May 16, 2023 and will open the Cannes Film Festival.
Source: Cine Serie
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