Actress Lily-Rose Depp has made a uncommon remark about her well-known father, Johnny Depp, days after he obtained a standing ovation on the Cannes Film Festival.
The 59-year-old actor made a triumphant return to performing in his new movie, Jeanne du Barry, by which he performs King Louis XV. The film premiered on the famed competition in France on May 16 and obtained a seven-minute standing ovation after its screening.
Johnny, who attended the occasion – his first purple carpet look since his messy divorce and authorized battle with ex Amber Heard – was humbled by the applause.
And nobody may very well be prouder than his daughter, Lily-Rose.
“I’m super happy for him. I’m super excited,” the 23-year-old instructed Entertainment Tonight. “And it’s so awesome that we get to do projects that we’re super proud of.”
Lily-Rose additionally obtained praised for her new present, The Idol. The actress stars within the horny new Binge collection alongside The Weeknd – actual title Abel Tesfaye – and each scored a standing at Cannes too.
The duo walked the purple carpet earlier than the primary two episodes of the present aired for festival-goers, who then gave their efficiency a five-minute standing ovation.
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In the collection, which premieres on Binge on June 5, Lily-Rose performs a troubled pop star gunning to make a comeback when she embarks on a fancy relationship with self-help guru and nightclub promoter Tedros, performed by The Weeknd in his performing debut.
The Idol has been surrounded by controversy after its creator Sam Levinson – the identical mastermind behind the Binge present, Euphoria – took over from director Amy Seimetz final yr.
Since Mr Levinson’s appointment, 13 nameless solid and crew members have expressed their discomfort to Rolling Stone with claims the brand new artistic path is sexually “disturbing”.
Johnny is not any stranger to controversy himself. The 59-year-old has saved a comparatively low profile since his actress spouse, Heard, filed for divorce in 2016 and accused him of home violence.
The Aquaman actress then wrote an op-ed about Johnny in The Washington Post in 2018 the place she described herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse”.
The essay pushed Johnny to file a $US50 million ($A76 tens of millions) defamation case in opposition to her and she or he then countersued him for $US100 million ($A153 million) after his lawyer referred to as her accusations a hoax.
Following a high-profile trial from April to June final yr, each events have been discovered liable by the jury – Amber was ordered to pay Johnny $15 million ($A22 million) whereas he was ordered to pay her $2 million ($A3 million) in damages.
Source: www.news.com.au
