Johnny Depp “is in another world” says the director of his latest film
The director of his latest film Johnny Depp claims that crew members they were “afraid” of the actor, however, she has not regretted giving him a role in the film.
We remind you that last month, his co-star in “Blow”, Lola Glaudini, accused the star of verbal abuse claiming that when they cut a scene in which she was instructed to laugh at one of Depp’s lines, he walked up to her and “put his finger in her face” saying: “Who do you think you are? Shut your f@@@@@@mouth.”
At the time, Depp’s representatives responded to the actress’ claims, telling Variety: “Johnny always prioritizes a good working relationship with the cast and crew, and that description differs greatly from the recollection of other members on set at the time.”
Depp’s version of events was also corroborated by Blow’s sound engineer Samuel Sarkar.
Now, director Maïwenn – full name Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco – who worked with the actor on his latest film ‘Jeanne Du Barry’, talks about their collaboration revealing various details.
She tells the Independent: “Johnny came up with a new version of the script and I wasn’t happy with it. It didn’t work… So I shot the film without making the changes he wanted… which he took as an insult.”
As Maïwenn notes, she tried to see these disagreements as an “opportunity” to feed some emotion into a particularly dark scene in the film.
Still, he claims there were times when Depp would not appear on set and expect that they would treat him like an idol “all the time”.
Maïwenn adds: “I have to be honest. It’s hard to shoot with him… The whole crew was afraid of him because he has a different kind of humor and we didn’t know if he was going to be on time or if it was going to be okay for him to say his lines… I mean, even if he was there on set, on time, the crew was afraid of him.”
Despite having a good relationship before the film, Maïwenn reveals that “there has been no relationship since filming”.
“Johnny to me is a huge genius, but it’s in another world. I can’t contact him,” he said specifically. Despite all that, he adds that he doesn’t regret casting him for the role.
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