Johnny Depp’s new movie is ready to open Cannes Film Festival subsequent month.
The US actor, 59, stars in historic drama Jeanne du Barry, which marks his first large display screen function since his bombshell defamation trial in opposition to ex-wife Amber Heard in Virginia final 12 months.
Organisers of the French movie competition introduced in a single day that the 76th annual occasion, which kicks off May 16, will open with Jeanne du Barry, which is directed by and starring French actress Maïwenn.
The interval film, during which Depp performs Louis XV, shouldn’t be but slated for a world launch exterior of France.
Nonetheless, its being touted as Depp’s re-entry to cinema following his courtroom win in June final 12 months.
After a televised, six-week trial, Heard was ordered to pay Depp $US10 million ($14 million) in defamation compensatory damages and $US5 million ($A7m) in punitive damages after the jury determined she “acted with actual malice” when claiming to be a sufferer of home and sexual violence in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed.
The jury did agree with one side of Heard’s declare — that she was defamed by Depp’s lawyer who dubbed her claims a “hoax” — and awarded her $US2m ($2.78m) in compensation and $0 in punitive charges.
After a back-and-forth appeals course of from each Heard and Depp within the months following the jury’s verdict, Heard introduced on social media in late December that the previous lovers had settled the case.
“I never chose this,” Heard wrote on Instagram on the time. “I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed.
“The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimised when they come forward.”
Heard is ready to reprise her function as Mera within the Aquaman sequel, which will probably be launched in theatres December.
Meanwhile, Depp has been having fun with a comparatively quiet life in southwest England in latest months.
In a March characteristic for Somerset Life journal, the Pirates of the Caribbean star confirmed off the grounds of his 850-acre Somerset property, which he purchased in for $23.9 million in 2014.
The property includes a dairy farm together with a nineteenth century-style mansion with 12 bedrooms and eight loos, the place Depp now resides.
“I just love places with character,” Depp advised the journal.
“I have various houses in various places and they all mean something special. I don’t have them just to say I own them, I have them for use and because they are a bit special.”
Depp additionally revealed that his low-key new way of life suited his “shy” character.
“I just love places with character. British people are cool and will greet you as if you are a neighbour — without going over the top. I like going to places, seeing things and meeting people — but I’m not the great extrovert that people think,” he admitted.
“In truth, I’m quite a shy person. That’s one of the great things about Britain, and especially Somerset. I can just be me — and that’s nice.
“I can go into shops without being surrounded by people wanting selfies. I don’t mind that up to a point, but sometimes it gets a little too crowded.”
Originally printed as Johnny Depp’s new movie ‘Jeanne du Barry’ set to open Cannes Film Festival
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
