{"id":2232219,"date":"2024-04-28T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-speaks-out-on-scary-johnny-depp-remarks-feels-betrayed-with-media-revisionism\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T18:33:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T22:33:52","slug":"director-speaks-out-on-scary-johnny-depp-remarks-feels-betrayed-with-media-revisionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-speaks-out-on-scary-johnny-depp-remarks-feels-betrayed-with-media-revisionism\/","title":{"rendered":"Director expresses concern over unsettling remarks by Johnny Depp, feels let down by media&#8217;s distortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdirector-speaks-out-on-scary-johnny-depp-remarks-feels-betrayed-with-media-revisionism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232219&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>French filmmaker Ma\u00efwenn \u200dresponds to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-biden-officials-keep-lying-about-the-trump-admin-not-having-a-vaccine-plan\/\" title=\"RNC: Biden officials keep lying about the Trump admin. not having a vaccine plan\">controversial remarks<\/a> about Johnny Depp in an interview. She clarifies her statement about \u2062Depp being &#8220;scary,&#8221; emphasizing his charisma and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-using-national-spotlight-to-raise-money-for-reelection\/\" title=\"DeSantis Using National Spotlight to Raise Money for Reelection\">star status<\/a>.\u2064 Ma\u00efwenn feels misrepresented by the media\u200d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/read-it-justice-clarence-thomas-proves-yet-again-why-hes-the-all-time-greatest\/\" title=\"Justice Clarence Thomas continues to demonstrate why he is the ultimate champion.\">expresses respect<\/a> \u2062for Depp despite on-set \u2063disagreements. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Gina Carano To Produce And Star In Upcoming Film For The Daily Wire\">upcoming film<\/a> &#8220;Jeanne du\u2063 Barry&#8221; featuring Depp releases on\u200c May 2, 2024. French \u2063filmmaker Ma\u00efwenn addresses contentious comments \u200dregarding Johnny Depp\u200c in an \u200dinterview,\u2063 defending her\u2064 portrayal of\u200d Depp as &#8220;scary&#8221; by highlighting his charm and celebrity status. Despite\u2064 disagreements on set, Ma\u00efwenn respects Depp and denounces media\u2064 misinterpretation. &#8220;Jeanne du Barry,&#8221;\u2062 starring Depp, premieres on May\u2064 2, 2024.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entertainment\/\">  Entertainment <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Director Speaks Out on &#8216;Scary&#8217; Johnny Depp Remarks, Feels &#8216;Betrayed&#8217; with Media Revisionism<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 28, 2024 at 12:56pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>French filmmaker and actress Ma\u00efwenn Aur\u00e9lia Nedjma Le Besco (who is referred to mononymously as \u201cMa\u00efwenn\u201d) is pumping the brakes on recent statements she made that have been circulating online.<\/p>\n<p>Ma\u00efwenn fired back at the way her words were framed in an interview with the U.K. outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/features\/maiwenn-johnny-depp-interview-b2532113.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The topic of said interview is the ever-controversial and polarizing actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-canceled-johnny-depps-response-disney-execs-come-crawling-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Depp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the original Independent piece, the outlet focused on this following Ma\u00efwenn quote regarding Depp: \u201cThe crew were afraid of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Ma\u00efwenn directs and Depp stars in the 18th-century period piece \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt17277414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeanne du Barry<\/a>,\u201d which has earned mixed reviews as of this writing.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe French director\/writer\/actor Ma\u00efwenn says she has no regrets about casting the \u2018cancelled\u2019 Johnny Depp in her historical costume drama, Jeanne du Barry,\u201d writes The Independent\u2019s Charlotte O\u2019Sullivan. \u201cYet she admits that, during the shoot, Depp wanted to be treated as an icon \u2018all the time\u2019, \u2018wouldn\u2019t do what the script demanded\u2019, and that the crew were \u2018afraid\u2019 of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe also says that when journalists like me concentrate on Depp (rather than the film\u2019s working-class heroine, Jeanne), it irks her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the way the entire interview covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-ridiculous-plan-replace-johnny-depp-pirates-caribbean-sequel-goes-viral-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Depp<\/a> and Ma\u00efwenn\u2019s association with him carried an unmistakably adversarial tone.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the relevant quotes that O\u2019Sullivan attributes to Ma\u00efwenn: \u201cI have to be honest. It\u2019s difficult to shoot with him \u2026 all the crew were scared because he has a different kind of humour and we didn\u2019t know if he was going to be on time, or if he was going to be OK to say his lines \u2026 I mean, even if he was there on set, on time, the crew were afraid of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you trust the establishment media?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ma\u00efwenn took particular issue with that quote, and lashed out in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/johnny-depp-scare-jeanne-du-barry-crew-maiwenn-clarifies-1235978273\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I made a remark about Johnny being \u2018scary,\u2019 I was talking about his charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc,\u201d Ma\u00efwenn wrote to the outlet. \u201c[I] was shocked when I discovered that the newspaper had headlined that \u2018The crew were afraid of [Johnny Depp]\u2019 because written like that, and without its context and subtleties, it absolutely no longer means the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe journalist did not want to grasp the subtlety of my words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to make things very clear: Johnny is \u2018scary\u2019 in the sense that his charisma and his status as \u2018king\u2019 is impressive,\u201d she added. \u201cI should have used the word \u2018impressive\u2019 if I had known [the writer] Charlotte O\u2019Sullivan would use my words in such a malicious way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ma\u00efwenn went so far as to claim that she was betrayed by The Independent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be very clear: Johnny Depp is a huge actor. One of the greatest,\u201d she said. \u201cHe reminded me a lot of Brando \u2013 his genius and sufferings, his generosity and paradoxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though we argued several times on set, he\u2019s someone I totally respect and admire, and it\u2019s important for me to correct my own narrative because I feel really betrayed by this interview with Charlotte O\u2019Sullivan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Ma\u00efwenn did ultimately admit that Depp could, in fact, be scary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohnny Depp is a celebrity and a genius and yes, that sometimes can scare some people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeanne du Barry,\u201d a story about a French woman and social climber whom King Louis XV (Depp) falls in love with, will be in theaters May 2, 2024.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Hawaii <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Class of 2010 University of Arizona. BEAR DOWN. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Korean <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Sports, Entertainment, Science\/Tech <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French filmmaker Ma\u00efwenn expresses dismay at Johnny Depp&#8217;s remarks, feeling misled by media twists. 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