Johnny Depp's Jeanne Du Barry Director Sets the Record Straight About Crew Being 'Afraid' of Actor
Johnny Depp's Jeanne Du Barry Director Sets the Record Straight About Crew Being 'Afraid' of Actor https://t.co/C4lNsN5p0T
- People (@people) April 26, 2024
“Jeanne du Barry” director Maïwenn is speaking out against The Independent after her interview with the publication was headlined with a quote in which the filmmaker said her crew was “scared” of star Johnny Depp.
“I have to be honest. It’s difficult to shoot with him… all the crew were scared because he has a different kind of humor and we didn’t know if he was going to be on time, or if he was going to be ok to say his lines,” Maïwenn said during The Independent interview. “I mean, even if he was there on set, on time, the crew were afraid of him.”
Today, Maïwenn clarifies the comment in a statement to Variety (via People), saying that she was referring to Depp’s “charisma” and “star status” when discussing why he was “scary.”
“When I made a remark about Johnny being ‘scary,’ I was talking about his charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc,” Maïwenn wrote. “[I] was shocked when I discovered that the newspaper had headlined that ‘The crew were afraid of [Johnny Depp]’ because written like that, and without its context and subtleties, it absolutely no longer means the same thing. The journalist did not want to grasp the subtlety of my words.”
“I would like to make things very clear: Johnny is ‘scary’ in the sense that his charisma and his status as “king” is impressive,” she continued. “I should have used the word ‘impressive’ if I had known [the writer] Charlotte O’Sullivan would use my words in such a malicious way.”
source