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Johnny Depp has officially made his instrumentality to the Cannes Film Festival aft 12 years. In caller photos, the 59-year-old histrion was seen hitting the reddish carpet astatine the lawsuit for the archetypal clip since 2011 to beforehand his caller movie Jeanne Du Barry, in which helium costars arsenic King Louis XV. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor wore a ceremonial achromatic suit, sans tie, and held hands with formed members arsenic helium posed connected the carpet astatine the opening ceremonial connected May 16. Smiling slightly, helium pulled his hairsbreadth into a ponytail and accessorized with respective earrings.
Johnny Depp appears astatine the Cannes Film Festival opening ceremonial connected May 16, 2023, successful France. (David Fisher/Shutterstock)
Johnny’s “comeback” to the reddish carpet comes astir precisely a twelvemonth aft his infamous defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, which dominated headlines for months opening successful April of 2022. Johnny yet obtained a judgement of 15 cardinal against her for her abuse allegations against him during their abbreviated marriage, portion Amber was awarded $2 cardinal successful her countersuit.
It besides comes 2 and a fractional years aft a resounding nonaccomplishment successful the UK courts, wherever Johnny attempted to clasp The UK Sun libel for labeling him a “wife beater” successful print. “Taking each the grounds together, I judge that she was the unfortunate of sustained and aggregate assaults by Mr Depp successful Australia,” said Judge Mr Justice Nicol, who presided implicit the case, successful a November 2020 statement, per BBC News. The tribunal decision resulted successful the histrion resigning from his role successful the Fantastic Beasts franchise. He attempted to overturn the determination successful March of 2021, but the entreaty was denied.
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It’s worthy noting that Johnny’s current film, Jeanne Du Barry, is directed by Maiwenn — who was precocious accused of physically attacking a salient writer successful France. The writer successful question, Edwy Plenel, sued the Fifth Element histrion for allegedly approaching his array astatine a edifice successful February, grabbing his hair, and spitting successful his look earlier making a swift exit, per Variety.
In Jeanne Du Barry, Maiwenn besides co-stars with Johnny arsenic the legendary king’s favourite mistress.
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