After the long legal process that faced his ex-wife Amber Head, Johnny Depp is back and eager to turn to new projects. If just after winning the media trial he released an album with the veteran English rock and blues guitarist Jeff Beck, with a sadomasochistic song included, the protagonist of Eduardo Scissorhands is also preparing his return to the big screen with Maïwenn playing King Louis XV of France. In fact, an image of Depp characterized as the monarch, called the Beloved, who reigned in France and Navarra between 1715 and 1774, has just been published.
The film is titled Jeanne du Barry and began shooting in France at the end of July. In his role, Depp appears inhabiting historical places such as the Palace of Versailles. For her part, the French actress and director Maïwenn will be a former prostitute of plebeian origin who became the last favorite of Louis XV, sowing scandal in the country’s court.
Previously, Depp premiered the film The Minamata Photographer, by Andrew Levitas, in which he played W. Eugene Smith. The scandal caused by the accusations of mistreatment by Heard made Walt Disney do without him for his iconic role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6 and Warner Bros fired him from Fantastic Animals: The Crimes of Grindelwald, where he was going to resume the role of the villain. In the end he was replaced by Mads Mikkelsen.
Despite the fact that a sector of the industry turned its back on him, Depp attended the BCN Film Fest in April last year and collected the Donostia award that the San Sebastián festival gave him in September.
