'I don't have much further need for Hollywood': Johnny Depp reveals after 'Jeanne Du Barry' premiere
CANNES, FRANCE: Johnny Depp is back in the spotlight after the opening night premiere of his French movie 'Jeanne du Barry' which kickstarted the Cannes festival. The film reportedly received "seven minutes" of standing ovation which saw the actor getting visibly emotional.
It follows the backlash after his widely televised trial with ex-wife Amber Heard the suit which he ultimately won with a court ruling Herald pay $10 million in damages. Now, the actor feels no "further need" for Hollywood.
READ MORE
Fans support Brie Larson for tackling question about Johnny Depp
'When you’re asked to resign from a film...yes, you feel boycotted'
'Jeanne du Barry' features French-speaking Depp as he plays King Louis XV in the movie which is directed and costarred by Maïwenn. “Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood? You’d have to not have a pulse to feel like, ‘No. None of this is happening. It’s a weird joke,’” Depp told reporters as per Associated Press. “When you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing because of something that is merely a function of vowels and consonants floating in the air, yes, you feel boycotted,” he added.
'I don’t have much further need for Hollywood, myself'
Depp had to step down from 'Fantastic Beasts,' a 'Harry Potter' spinoff franchise as he was accused of abusing Heard during the time they were married. "I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood, because I don’t think about Hollywood. I don’t have much further need for Hollywood, myself,” Depp said. “It’s a strange, funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves, but they can’t. They must fall in line with the person in front of them. If you want to live that life, I wish you the best.”
'The majority of what you have been reading... is fantastically, horrifically written fiction'
Depp said, “The majority of what you have been reading the last four or five years…with regard to me and my life what you’ve read is fantastically, horrifically written fiction.” He said calling them "abstract whispers". Depp said “It’s like asking the question: ‘How are you doing?’ But the subtext is, ‘God, I hate you.’” Even though Cannes was targeted for giving Depp the spotlight, he responded with a comparison, “What if one day, they did not allow me to go to McDonald’s for life because somewhere there’d be 39 angry people watching me eat a Big Mac on a loop?” The 'City of Lies' star expressed. “Who are they? What do they care?” Depp said as per the report.
'I keep wondering about the word comeback'
Depp also wonders about the word comeback. Referring to the same, he said, “I’ve had my 17th comeback, apparently. I keep wondering about the word ‘comeback.’ I didn’t go anywhere. As a matter of fact, I live about 45 minutes away. Maybe people stopped calling out of whatever their fear was at the time. But I didn’t go nowhere.”
CNN reported that Johnny Depp was teary-eyed after the film premiere and that it received a seven-minute standing ovation as seen in the videos that were circulated on social media. “The focus should simply be on that fact it’s a miracle to get a film made that you care about in the first place,” he said. “You win right there,” Depp said as per Variety.