Jeanne Du Barry Filmmaker Maïwenn Clarifies Her Comment On The Film Crew Being Scared Of Johnny Depp

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In her latest interview the French Director clarified, "When I made a remark about Johnny being 'scary,' I was talking about his charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc."

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00:00In a conversation with Variety, Mervyn has just cleared out things in relation to her

00:05comments on her crew being scared of Johnny Depp at the sets of Jean Duparre.

00:11The French director revealed that she was trying to refer to the Pirates of the Caribbean

00:16actors' charisma and star status, but her marks were misrepresented in the prior publication.

00:23However, in her latest interview, the filmmaker expressed,

00:27I want to be very clear. Johnny Depp is a huge actor, one of the greatest. He reminded

00:33me a lot of Brando, his genius and sufferings, his generosity and paradoxes. Even though

00:40we argued several times on set, he's someone I totally respect and admire, and it's important

00:47for me to correct my own narrative because I feel really betrayed by the interview with

00:53Charlotte O'Sullivan. While referring to her previous statements,

00:57Mervyn clarified, When I made a remark about Johnny being scary, I was talking about his

01:03charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc., and was shocked when I discovered that

01:10the newspaper had headlined that the crew was afraid of Johnny Depp because written

01:15like that and without its content and subtleties, it absolutely no longer means the same thing.

01:22The journalist did not want to crash the subtlety of my words. I would like to make

01:28things very clear. Johnny is scary in the sense that his charisma and status as king

01:34is impressive," she added. I should have used the word impressive if I'd known the writer,

01:40Charlotte O'Sullivan, would use my words in such a malicious way.

01:45For the unversed, Jean du Barry is a 2023 historical drama film written, directed and

01:51produced by Mervyn, which stars her and Johnny Depp in the leading roles. It also stars Perry

01:57Richard, Benjamin Lovren, Nomi Lewoski, Pascal Gregory, Melville Poopore and Indian Hare

02:04in pivotal roles. The story of the film revolves around Madame

02:09du Barry, who exploits her charm and intelligence to advance in society. Du Barry moves towards

02:15Alice against all manners and decency, where her friendship with the king causes scandal

02:21in the court. She becomes King Louis XV's favourite and the two fall in love.

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