“Celebrating abusers for 76 years”: Amber Heard Fans Unhappy With Johnny Depp Stealing the Spotlight in Cannes Film Festival With His First Movie After the Trial
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are in totally different places today, a year after their infamous court trial kicked off. The final verdict came in Depp’s favor and Heard was ordered by the court to pay $10.35 million and receive from him $2 million and the final settlement was made. On one hand, we have Johnny Depp who has made a comeback in his acting career, a year post the trial with his new French movie Jeanne Du Barry all set to premiere at the opening of the grand Cannes Film Festival.
On the other hand, we have Amber Heard, who decided to leave The U.S. with her daughter, Oonagh Paige, and take a break from her acting career in the Hollywood industry. Currently, Heard has moved to Spain for more privacy as the trial turned out to be stressful for her and ultimately caused her great exhaustion and disappointment.
Though it seems that Amber Heard fans are not much happy and impressed with Depp’s comeback and have started an online protest against Cannes for choosing Johnny Depp and his French movie for the grand premiere.
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Johnny Depp’s Movie Honored to Open the Cannes Film Festival This Year
Cannes Film Festival chief has chosen Johnny Depp’s French movie Jeanne Du Barry for this year’s premiere. Johnny Depp plays the role of King Louis XV of France in the movie and it is Depp’s first major film role after last year’s controversial defamation trial. Depp is really excited about his comeback after a year of lurid court trial with his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
Jeanne Du Barry is a French biographical drama film, directed by Maïwenn, starring Johnny Depp and Maïwenn herself in the lead roles. The movie is about the life of Jeanne Bécu who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
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Amber Heard Fans Initiate Online Protest against Cannes Film Festival For Choosing Johnny Depp’s Movie
Thierry Frémaux, the director of the Cannes Film Festival, has been facing lots of grilling for his choice of Johnny Depp’s movie Jeanne Du Barry for the festival’s premiere. Now supporters of the Aquaman actress, have started an online protest against Cannes for their decision, with hashtag #CannesNotYou. The choice was justified by Cannes authorities on the basis that they see Johnny Depp as an actor and his movie as a work of art and thus the choice was made.
Amber Heard’s journalist friend, Eva Barlow even posted on her social media that, “Cannes seem proud of their history supporting rapists and abusers,”. The #CannesNotYou is being promoted on all the pro-Heard social media accounts and the campaign is aimed at calling out the Cannes Film Festival for “celebrating abusers for 76 years.”
However, Johnny Depp was not in the mood to spare the protesters and was seen sharing a screenshot of his film on his Instagram story. Though the story had no caption, the photo was enough evidence to deduce that it was a dig at his critics as they were unable to stop his premiere.
Source: People
