Johnny Depp says he doesn't feel boycotted by Hollywood as he doesn't need them
A humbled Johnny Depp addressed the press at the Cannes Film Festival where he was asked if he still felt boycotted by Hollywood, to which he exclaimed, “I don’t need Hollywood.”
The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival opened with the screening of Depp’s movie Jeanne Du Barry amid much criticism from certain groups who didn’t think Depp should even be allowed to attend the festival.
Following the backlash, Depp was asked by Deadline if he still
felt boycotted by Hollywood, and he remarked, “Did I feel a boycott? You
have to not have a pulse to feel this isn’t happening."
"Of
course when you’re asked to resign from a film because of something which is
merely a bunch of vowels and consonants in the air.”
He
continued, “I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood. I don’t think about
Hollywood. I don’t need Hollywood.”
When asked about the controversy surrounding Jeanne Du Barry
and the people who didn’t want Depp at the 76th edition of Cannes, he
replied, “Who are they? Why do they care? Some species or tower of mashed
potatoes covered in light from a computer screen? Anonymous.”
Depp
also defensively commented on the rumors that surrounded him amid the Amber
Heard trial, “In regards to me and my life, the majority of what you’ve read
is fantastically horrifically written fiction.”
