The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival in France introduced on Wednesday that Johnny Depp’s first live-action movie since his high-profile defamation trial in opposition to ex-wife Amber Heard can be the opening film for subsequent month’s pageant.
The French-language movie “Jeanne du Barry” stars director Maïwenn Le Besco, generally known as Maiwenn, as Jeanne Becu, a girl who rose from poverty to the circles of King Louis XV. Depp performs the king within the film, which could have its world premiere at Cannes on May 16.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor has made few movie or TV appearances since his trial concluded in June 2022. However, he made shock cameos on the MTV Video Music Awards and Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty vogue present.
Depp additionally voiced an animated puffin in final month’s “Johnny Puff: Secret Mission.”
The actor is making an attempt to rebuild his profession after profitable a near-total victory in his U.S. authorized battle with Heard, a fellow actor who had accused him of abuse. Depp denied hitting her or another girl.
Two years earlier, Depp misplaced a libel swimsuit in opposition to the Sun tabloid in Britain, which known as him a “wife beater.” A London High Court decide dominated that Depp had repeatedly assaulted Heard. He was quickly dropped from the “Harry Potter” spinoff franchise “Fantastic Beasts” and shunned primarily by Hollywood.
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