Helen Mirren Arrives to Johnny Depp Film Premiere With a Sneaky Message of Support for Amber Heard
thewrap.coma case she lost last June. “Jeanne du Barry” has been a lightning rod for controversy; last week director Maïwenn admitted to assaulting a journalist (the journalist was part of an organization covering the allegations against Maïwenn’s ex-husband, French filmmaker Luc Besson, who started dating Maïwenn when she was 15).
Earlier Tuesday, Brie Larson, a Cannes juror, responded to questions about whether she would watch the film at all. “You’ll see, I guess, if I will see it.
And I don’t know how I’ll feel about it if I do,” Larson responded.Mirren’s show of support for Heard, an extension of the hash tag #AmberIsWorthIt that was meant as a show of support for the actress, who starred in “Magic Mike XXL” and as Mara in the former DC Extended Universe (she’ll appear in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” out this Christmas).The film is the opening night selection of the Cannes Film Festival, a lavish international affair that will also include the premiere of Martin Scorsese’s historical epic “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and much more. “Jeanne du Barry” tells the story of Madame du Barry (Maïwenn), the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France (Depp) and how her arrival at Versailles sent shockwaves through the royal court.
For a film about a true disrupter, it has done a fair amount of disrupting so far.This is certainly the most high-profile job Depp has received since 2018, when he starred in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” as the titular baddie.
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