Johnny Depp says he tried to talk Jeanne Du Barry director out of casting him

Johnny Depp has said he tried to talk the director of his new film out of casting him in one of the lead roles. The Hollywood star plays France's King Louis XV in historical drama Jeanne Du Barry, and attended the UK premiere in London on Monday evening. Depp, 60, made his return to the red carpet for what is his first feature film since the conclusion of his high-profile defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard in the US in 2022.

According to Hollywood trade publication Deadline, the actor, who is from Owensboro, Kentucky, told the audience: 'Instantly what happens in your brain is that you go back to eastern Kentucky... you realise that you come from the 'ombelico', 'nombril', the belly button of nowhere, and you're playing the king of France. 'It made no sense to me, I tried to talk her out of it. She wasn't hearing it, and she had great courage to take me into her cast.

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