In choosing ‘Jeanne du Barry,’ which stars Depp as King Louis XV, as its opening film, the Cannes Film Festival courted controversy by claiming to ignore it., the film’s director, co-writer and star, assuring the packed room that Depp would be joining them in a few minutes. She and other members of the cast answered a few questions about how she felt about the film’s reception and why an American had been cast to play a French king .
“Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood?” he said, echoing one question he was asked. “You’d have to not have a pulse to not feel that, of course, when you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing for something that is merely just a bunch of vowels and consonants in the air,” he told reporters. “Do I feel boycotted now? No, I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood, because I don’t think about Hollywood.
“What if someone said I can’t go to McDonald’s for life because somewhere 35 people are watching me eat a Big Mac on a loop? Some species, some tower of mashed potatoes, cowering behind a computer screen anonymous … I don’t think I’m the one who should be worried.”