Johnny Depp Says At Cannes Press Conference He Doesn’t Feel Boycotted By Hollywood: “The Majority Of What You’ve Read Is Fantastically Horrifically Written Fiction”
deadline.comRefresh for updates…A humbled and defensive Johnny Depp spoke up at the Cannes press conference this AM for the fest’s opening night film Jeanne du Barry.
Not only was he moved by the standing ovation in the Grand Theatre Lumiere, but he also referred to the wake of the Amber Heard trial headlines (without pointing to it), exclaiming, “In regards to me and my life, the majority of what you’ve read is fantastically horrifically written fiction.” Asked by Deadline whether he still felt boycotted by Hollywood, feelings he expressed back in an August 2021 Sunday Times interview, the 3x Oscar nominee answered, “Did I feel a boycott?
You have to not have a pulse to feel this isn’t happening. Of course when you’re asked to resign from a film because of something which is merely a bunch of vowels and consonants in the air.” “I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood,” said Depp, “I don’t think about Hollywood.
I don’t need Hollywood.” “It’s a very strange funny time where everybody would like to be themselves, but they can’t,” said Depp winking at the #MeToo times. “Many people stopped calling, I didn’t go away,” said Depp how everyone is referring to the French movie, which opened yesterday as a comeback.
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