Johnny Depp: Lost in Translation
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Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:
Johnny Depp's king, Jake Gyllenhaal's stories, Endeavor Group goes private; Hunter Schafer is cuckoo, Kevin Smith's autobiography, and a blind detective.
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JOHNNY DEPP LOST IN TRANSLATION
Johnny Depp wants you to forget who he is.
In his latest role, he plays King Louis XV in the 18th-century drama Jeanne du Barry– a role in which he speaks only in French.
Depp explains:
“I didn’t really feel any hesitation to with regard to the character or the language necessarily. Didn’t find it particularly intimidating, a bit of running through the rain drops.”
Before he was cast, though, Depp told the director Maïwenn, who co-stars, that she might want another actor:
“I thought it was brave of her to choose some hillbilly from Kentucky. You need to figure out a way that the viewer can forget who you are, all the baggage you carry… that was my biggest hope that the viewer would forget who they had in front of them.”
And Depp is almost unrecognizable in the role.