Hard blow for fans of Johnny Depp. This Monday, May 29, 2023, the 59-year-old actor, director, musician, screenwriter and producer took to his social networks to announce very sad news. Just days after the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the star of Pirates of the Caribbean was badly injured. “My dear friends, I’m sorry to tell you that I broke my ankle, my beard!”he wrote in an Instagram story.
According to him, this misadventure would have occurred “qsomewhere between Cannes and the Royal Albert Hall”. “The situation has gotten worse instead of better. Several medical professionals have strongly suggested that I avoid all activity at this time, so unfortunately I cannot travel.”, he added. In fact, he and his team will not be able to ensure the dates planned in New Hampshire as well as in Boston and New York. “MBut never fear, I promise we’ll put on an incredible show for you all in Europe and bring our best to the East Coast later this summer.” concluded Jack and Lily-Rose’s dad before apologizing again.
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Johnny Depp as Louis XV
As a reminder, Johnny Depp caused a lot of ink to flow during the Cannes Film Festival 2023. It was alongside actress and director Maïwenn that Vanessa Paradis’ ex landed on the evening of the opening ceremony at the occasion of the presentation of the last cinematographic project of the filmmaker, Jeanne du Barry. A film in which he brilliantly slips into the skin of Louis XV.
Interviewed by our colleagues fromAllocinatedthe actor confided at length on the set of the long-awaited feature film. “Wigs took time. Makeup didn’t. It’s like back then, we use a lot of white powder. We look like a neglected puppet. A puppet that someone has been playing with for 25 years,” he said before evoking the monarch. “Everything had to shape him to perform this function, to carry this responsibility.” Touching confidences.
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