Maïwenn Feels Betrayed? Clarifying Her Comments on Johnny Depp Scaring the Crew

French filmmaker Maïwenn is speaking out to defend Johnny Depp and clarify comments she made about the actor “scaring” crew members on the set of their film “Jeanne du Barry.” In this article we talk about why Maïwenn Feels Betrayed? Clarifying Her Comments on Johnny Depp Scaring the Crew.

In a new statement, Maïwenn says she feels “betrayed” by the way her words were presented in a recent Independent interview. The original article claimed the director said her crew members were “afraid of” Depp, but Maïwenn insists this is false.

“When I made a remark about Johnny being ‘scary,’ I was talking about his charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc.,” Maïwenn wrote. “I was shocked when I discovered that the newspaper had headlined that ‘The crew were afraid of [Johnny Depp]’ because written like that, and without its context and subtleties, it absolutely no longer means the same thing.”

She continued, “The journalist did not want to grasp the subtlety of my words. I would like to make things very clear: Johnny is ‘scary’ in the sense that his charisma and his status as ‘king’ is impressive. I should have used the word ‘impressive’ if I had known [the writer] Charlotte O’Sullivan would use my words in such a malicious way.”

In the original Independent profile, Maïwenn was quoted saying Depp “wouldn’t do what the script demanded” and that he arrived to set with script changes she did not approve. The director now says that while they had creative disagreements, she has nothing but respect for the actor.

“Again, I want to be very clear: Johnny Depp is a huge actor. One of the greatest,” Maïwenn stated.

“He reminded me a lot of Brando – his genius and sufferings, his generosity and paradoxes. Even though we argued several times on set, he’s someone I totally respect and admire.”

She added, “It’s important for me to correct my own narrative because I feel really betrayed by this interview with Charlotte O’Sullivan.”

Depp stars opposite Maïwenn in the period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” portraying King Louis XV. Maïwenn called the actor’s performance “impressive,” saying, “Johnny Depp is a celebrity and a genius and yes, that sometimes can scare some people.”

The director also accused the Independent journalist of fake feminism for focusing the interview on the men in her life rather than her work.

“Something is obvious to me: Charlotte O’Sullivan doesn’t give a damn about films and cinema, and she only wants to start controversies,” Maïwenn wrote. “She obviously doesn’t like cinema. While we are in the middle of the #MeToo movement, here is a woman journalist who only spoke to me about the men in my film or in my life – through the prism of men.”

She continued, “As if I only existed thanks to men.

Not a single question about the making of my film, nor my inspirations or anything else. And then they complain that there aren’t enough female directors. She did not want to talk about me or my work itself. This is what I personally call fake feminism!”

“Jeanne du Barry” marks a comeback for Depp after losing a high-profile U.K. libel case in 2020. The film received positive buzz when it premiered at Cannes last year, with many calling it a redemption story for the actor.

At the recent U.K. premiere of “Jeanne du Barry,” Depp expressed gratitude to Maïwenn for casting him as King Louis XV. “I feel very lucky to have been [offered the role] – strangely, oddly, perversely lucky,” he said. “Because when Maïwenn and I first actually met and talked about the notion of me doing the film and playing Louis XV, the King of France — see that’s when instantly what happens in your brain is you instantly go back to Kentucky, where, like, everything is fried. So you realize that you’ve come from the bellybutton of nowhere and suddenly you end up playing the King of France.”

Depp continued, “It made no sense to me, I tried to talk her out of it. But she wasn’t hearing it and she had great courage to take me into her cast. Whatever we did, whatever we experienced I think and I hope you’ll find it was well worth the agony of this kid trying to make a film for that length of time.”

“Jeanne du Barry” arrives in U.S. theaters on May 2. Maïwenn’s full statement clarifying her earlier comments aims to set the record straight about Depp and rebuke the Independent for what she sees as a misleading portrayal. I sincerely hope you find this “Maïwenn Feels Betrayed? Clarifying Her Comments on Johnny Depp Scaring the Crew” artircle.