In her latest interview the French Director clarified, "When I made a remark about Johnny being 'scary,' I was talking about his charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc."
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00:00In a conversation with Variety, Mervyn has just cleared out things in relation to her
00:05comments on her crew being scared of Johnny Depp at the sets of Jean Duparre.
00:11The French director revealed that she was trying to refer to the Pirates of the Caribbean
00:16actors' charisma and star status, but her marks were misrepresented in the prior publication.
00:23However, in her latest interview, the filmmaker expressed,
00:27I want to be very clear. Johnny Depp is a huge actor, one of the greatest. He reminded
00:33me a lot of Brando, his genius and sufferings, his generosity and paradoxes. Even though
00:40we argued several times on set, he's someone I totally respect and admire, and it's important
00:47for me to correct my own narrative because I feel really betrayed by the interview with
00:53Charlotte O'Sullivan. While referring to her previous statements,
00:57Mervyn clarified, When I made a remark about Johnny being scary, I was talking about his
01:03charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc., and was shocked when I discovered that
01:10the newspaper had headlined that the crew was afraid of Johnny Depp because written
01:15like that and without its content and subtleties, it absolutely no longer means the same thing.
01:22The journalist did not want to crash the subtlety of my words. I would like to make
01:28things very clear. Johnny is scary in the sense that his charisma and status as king
01:34is impressive," she added. I should have used the word impressive if I'd known the writer,
01:40Charlotte O'Sullivan, would use my words in such a malicious way.
01:45For the unversed, Jean du Barry is a 2023 historical drama film written, directed and
01:51produced by Mervyn, which stars her and Johnny Depp in the leading roles. It also stars Perry
01:57Richard, Benjamin Lovren, Nomi Lewoski, Pascal Gregory, Melville Poopore and Indian Hare
02:04in pivotal roles. The story of the film revolves around Madame
02:09du Barry, who exploits her charm and intelligence to advance in society. Du Barry moves towards
02:15Alice against all manners and decency, where her friendship with the king causes scandal
02:21in the court. She becomes King Louis XV's favourite and the two fall in love.