Johnny Depp cries as comeback movie receives standing ovation after premiere at Cannes Movie Pageant 2023. Watch

Cannes Movie Pageant 2023 opened with the premiere of Johnny Depp’s movie, Jeanne du Barry, directed by Maiwenn, the place the actor performs French king Louis XV. The interval drama marks Johnny’s first movie after his high-profile trial final 12 months along with his ex-wife Amber Heard. Each events had accused one another of bodily and verbal abuse. Jeanne du Barry is being dubbed as Johnny’s ‘comeback’ movie.

Reacting to the video of Johnny tearing up on the movie’s Cannes premiere, which was shared on Twitter by Selection, a fan tweeted, “Well deserved! Bravo!” Yet one more mentioned, “Omg (Oh my God) I love every single moment of this day for him. Bravo, Johnny Depp!!” A Twitter person mentioned, “So proud of him.” A fan additionally tweeted, “Congratulations, Johnny! This is validation and vindication at its finest!”

Nevertheless, some Twitter customers weren’t joyful to see Johnny being hailed on the prestigious competition. One tweeted, “So gross that you’re featuring him.” Some weren’t prepared to neglect the abuse allegations levelled towards Johnny by his ex-wife, actor Amber Heard. A Twitter person wrote, “I can smell the day-old whiskey and stale cigarettes from here.” Yet one more mentioned, “It was a 3-minute (standing ovation) and he’s teary-eyed because he’s drunk and on dope.”

Earlier, in an interview with Selection, Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux had addressed the potential backlash to having Jeanne du Barry opening the competition. He had mentioned, “I don’t see Maiwenn’s film as a controversial choice at all, because if Johnny Depp had been banned from working it would have been different, but that’s not the case… We only know one thing, it’s the justice system and I think he won the legal case in court. But the movie isn’t about Johnny Depp.”