The actor's presence at the Cannes Film Festival has generated divided opinions between his talent and those who support the "Me Too" movement.
Johnny Depp has been in the eye of the storm for the past year, due to the trial he faced for defamation against his ex-wife, also actress Amber Heard. From that moment on, the movie Mecca rejected the acts of violence for which he was accused, setting him aside in the different projects he was working on at the time.
His most recent appearance at the Cannes Film Festival was full of applause, after the presentation of the film Jeanne du Barry, which tells the story of the love affair between King Louis XV of France in his last years of life, along with Jeanne du Barry, considered his last lover.
Amid the ovation that he received from the audience after the screening of the tape and in which some tears ran down his face due to the emotion that this generated in Depp, on social networks they focused on his appearance on the red carpet since that something caught the attention in his smile.
The photographs of his passing in front of the cameras revealed the state of his teeth, which was described by some users of social networks as "disgusting", "stained", and "dark" and his appearance was seen as a bit "sloppy". Some of his detractors even compared the appearance of his teeth with the defense he had in the trial against Amber Heard, who currently resides in Spain under another name.
“We already know why he always posed for photos with his mouth closed”; "Johnny's teeth, just like his defenders"; "The ugliest person in the world, with teeth full of dirt and looking like a lizard", "I'm going to have nightmares with Johnny Depp's teeth", are some of the comments circulating on social networks.
The rumor also surfaced that Angelina Jolie forced Depp to brush his teeth before each scene in which they had to star in a kiss, taking into account the careless appearance of the actor's smile and joking with the fact that He did not forget his time in Pirates of the Caribbean, a tape in which he gave life to Captain Jack Sparrow.
Controversy in Cannes
Depp's return to Cannes was marred by controversy. The followers of his ex-partner launched a campaign on social networks so that the protagonist of El Turista did not achieve his goal of appearing at the film festival. This campaign was spearheaded by journalist Eve Barlow, who has strongly supported Heard since before she faced trial.
The journalist replied to her official Instagram account, sharing several images with the caption "If you support Cannes, you support predators." The carousel of images includes photos of Johnny Depp, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Harvey Weinstein, Gérard Depardieu, and Luc Besson, making special mention of the Jeanne du Barry film, assuring that it "represents abusers in Cannes".
Barlow shared several quotes from highly controversial comments Depp made during the trial, such as “I headbutted you in the forehead. That doesn't break your nose”, “Then I f*ck her burned corpse of hers to make sure she's dead”, “She's begging for a global humiliation… She'll get it”. The journalist ended her publication with a forceful "Cannes Film Festival: celebrating abusers for 76 years."
This did not make a major impact on the actor, who walked the red carpet before entering the screening room to witness his triumphant return to the film industry and set the precedent for why he is one of the most acclaimed actors in Hollywood.
