Johnny Depp is making the most of his “relaunch at Cannes.” He now lives in Europe in the UK and Jeanne Du Barry is his first film after a three year gap in which he fought the controversial and highly publicized defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Jeanne Du Barry was the opening film shown at Cannes on May 16 and the audience, which consisted of international celebrities from the film world gave him a five minute standing ovation.
At a press conference for the film, he opened up about being banned from Hollywood, while speaking on the lines of being asked to resign from 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' just days after he lost his libel suit against the Sun. “Did I feel a boycott by Hollywood? Well, you’d have to not have a pulse to feel at that point, ‘None of this is happening, it’s just a weird joke or I have been asleep for 35 years.’ Of course, when you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing, because of something that is merely a bunch of kind of vowels and consonants floating in the air, you feel a boycott,” Johnny told Deadline. The actor further added that he doesn’t feel boycotted now because he doesn’t think about Hollywood anymore. He added, “Do I feel a boycott now? No, not at all. I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood because I don’t think about Hollywood. I don’t have much further need for Hollywood myself."
Acting in the French film is not all that Johnny Depp has been doing ever since he left Hollywood. He has also been painting and selling his art online as well as devoting more time to his musical talents.
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