Brie Larson says she doesn't 'know the way I'll really feel about' Johnny Depp's film on the Cannes Movie Competition or even when she'll find yourself seeing it
- Brie Larson is among the jurors on the Cannes Movie Competition this yr.
- She’s not sure if she’ll attend the Johnny Depp film “Jeanne du Barry,” which is opening the competition.
- Larson just isn’t required to see the film as it is not in competitors.
Brie Larson had little to say when requested if she’ll be attending Cannes Movie Competition’s opening-night film, “Jeanne du Barry,” which stars Johnny Depp.
Larson, who’s a part of this yr’s competition jury and isn’t required to attend as Depp’s film just isn’t in competitors, was puzzled at first when she was requested if she’d be seeing the movie whereas on the jury press convention on Tuesday.
“You are asking me that?” the Oscar winner responded to the reporter.”I am sorry, I do not perceive the correlation or why me particularly.”
The reporter then stated it was due to her involvement with Time’s Up, an advocacy group began in the course of the #MeToo motion through which she was a member of the advisory board.
“You will see, I suppose, if I’ll see it,” Larson responded. “And I do not know the way I will really feel about it if I do.”
The historic drama “Jeanne du Barry” marks Depp’s first main position in years and comes on the heels of the actor’s extremely publicized defamation trial towards ex-wife Amber Heard final June through which each events had been discovered answerable for defaming one another.
Heard and Depp settled their lawsuits in December after they every tried to attraction the verdicts towards them.
—Selection (@Selection) May 16, 2023
Larson, who will subsequent be seen in “Quick X” this month and can reprise her position as Carol Danvers in “The Marvels” later this yr, was additionally requested in the course of the press convention if she believes big-budget superhero films and indies ought to coexist at a movie competition like Cannes.
“I solely know my perspective. I’ve by no means curated a movie competition earlier than,” she stated. “I take the identical degree of preparation and take care of all the pieces, whether or not it is an unbiased movie or no matter. It does not matter the price range. A movie is a movie.”
“That is my first time right here. I am very excited to see the movies,” she continued. “I am certain they’ll have a variety in scope, and that is a part of what makes this competition so particular.”
—Selection (@Selection) May 16, 2023
The Cannes Movie Competition runs from Could 16 by means of Could 27.
