Brie Larson was greatly surprised when requested if she’ll see Jeanne du Barry starring Johnny Depp at this yr’s Cannes Movie Competition.
The actor, who’s a juror at this yr’s competition, was requested throughout a press convention whether or not she’ll see the movie which opens the competition right this moment (Might 16). Whereas she’s a juror, Larson doesn’t must see Jeanne du Barry, directed by Maïwenn, as a result of it’s taking part in out of competitors.
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In response to the query (through Selection), Larson replied: “You’re asking me that? I’m sorry, I don’t perceive the correlation or why me particularly.”
When her place as a “vocal advocate for Time’s Up and MeToo” is raised, Larson replied: “You’ll see, I suppose, if I’ll see it. And I don’t know the way I’ll really feel about it if I do.”
Brie Larson was stunned to be requested about Johnny Depp’s opening movie: “You’re asking me that? I’m sorry, I don’t perceive the correlation or why me particularly.” https://t.co/5Ec2S23051 #Cannes pic.twitter.com/QPfO1Yb4qS
— Selection (@Selection) Might 16, 2023
In Jeanne du Barry, Depp performs King Louis XV. It marks the actor’s first function efficiency in three years, and comes after the actor received his defamation trial towards ex-wife Amber Heard final yr.
Larson beforehand sat on the now-dissolved advisory board of Time’s Up, an anti-harassment group which was based on the top of the MeToo motion.
Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Movie Competition, beforehand defended the choice to open this yr’s occasion with Jeanne du Barry.
Talking to Selection, Fremaux stated: “I don’t see Maïwenn’s movie as a controversial selection in any respect, as a result of if Johnny Depp had been banned from working it might have been totally different, however that’s not the case.
“We solely know one factor, it’s the justice system and I feel he received the authorized case. However the film isn’t about Johnny Depp.”
Movies competing for the competition’s predominant Palme d’Or prize embrace Wes Anderson’s Asteroid Metropolis, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Curiosity and Jessica Hausner’s Membership Zero.
Outdoors of the competitors, Martin Scorsese’s subsequent movie Killers Of The Flower Moon and Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Future will even premiere on the competition.
