Johnny Depp claimed that the accusations of his ex-wife Amber Heard would end his career.
However, barely the trial was completed last June, the 59-year-old American actor landed in Paris on the sly for the filming of a highly anticipated film.
He indeed embodies Louis XV in Maïwenn's sixth feature film, which recounts the extraordinary destiny of Jeanne du Barry, a commoner, who has become the king's favorite mistress.
The 46-year-old director is both behind and in front of the camera, since it is she who plays the main role.
And who therefore gives the reply to the actor with whom she would not get along “not at all”.
This was revealed by columnist Bernard Montiel on October 4 in the program "Touche pas à mon poste!", reporting that strong tensions would be felt on the set, which
Lack of punctuality in question?
According to the magazine
Here
, the two actors were however very accomplices at the beginning of the project.
Now, as filming wraps at the end of the week, the director of
Polisse
(2011) and the star of
Pirates of the Caribbean
(2003) could no longer see each other in paint.
“It's madness.
They're fed up.
It's going very badly.
They argue constantly, “said Bernard Montiel, who says he keeps his info from” cinema technicians “.
Read alsoJohnny Depp: a first image of the actor as Louis XV in
Jeanne du Barry
, by Maïwenn
According to “very serious [...] echoes, he is an excellent actor when he comes on the set.
Except that sometimes the team is ready at 6 am and no one comes.
So afterwards, Maïwenn, the director, gets angry and the next day, it is she who does not come, [while] Johnny Depp comes, ”continued the host and actor.
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Pirate of Vaux-Le Vicomte?
This film with a budget of 20 million euros has a five-star cast.
It will indeed be worn by Louis Garrel, Melvil Poupaud, Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Noémie Lvovsky, India Hair, or even Pascal Greggory.
In the United States, after the ultra-mediatized trial which had torn the ex-spouses, Johnny Depp had been ousted from two of his flagship sagas:
Pirates of the Caribbean
(2003) and
Fantastic Beasts
(2016).
Maïwenn then offered her her first role in the language of Molière and her big return to the cinema.
Will this disagreement harm the actor in obtaining future contracts?