Johnny Depp was hailed like royalty on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival. His comeback film “Jeanne du Barry” rather less.
Little had been heard from Hollywood star Johnny Depp (59) since the end of the sensational court case between him and his ex-wife Amber Heard (37) in June 2022. His return to the red carpet at the 76th Cannes Film Festival was now all the more eagerly awaited.
Since the glamorous event last Tuesday evening (May 16) with the premiere of the film “Jeanne du Barry” in which Depp stars as the French King Louis XV. embodied, opened, the scandal-ridden actor was the center of attention from the start.
A storm of enthusiasm on the red carpet
Arriving on the red carpet in front of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Depp was greeted by enthusiastically squealing fans, clearly cheering up the ailing Hollywood star.
Even after the screening of the historical drama “Jeanne du Barry”, the audience celebrated him like a king with seven-minute standing ovations. Apparently, the actor had not expected such storms of enthusiasm. He fought back tears as the crowd cheered him on.
Painful encounter with Mads Mikkelsen
The presence of his acting colleague Mads Mikkelsen (57) in the audience should have caused mixed feelings for the celebrated Hollywood hero. Against the background of his ongoing court case with Amber Heard, he was replaced by the Dane in the role of the villain Gellert Grindelwald in the third part of the fantasy saga “Fantastic Beasts” in 2022.
Moderate reviews of comeback film “Jeanne du Barry”
The generally unenthusiastic reviews of “Jeanne du Barry”, in which he can be seen alongside the French actress Maïwenn Le Besco (47), also provide further downer in his brilliant comeback. that the casting of the role of King Louis XV. provide “a few early thrills” through Depp, but soon encourage the viewer to yawn.
The less royal conclusion: “His performance is not bad, and neither is Maïwenn in the lead role. But the two, like the film, rarely get our pulse racing. Not to mention all the recent controversies surrounding Depp by Maïwenn herself, the result of their collaboration is a lovely period piece that feels both flat and shallow, and certainly far from scandalous.”
Source: Stern
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