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Geoffrey Macnab of The Independent gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a subtle and well-crafted costume drama with plenty of satirical bite" and praising Depp's performance as Louis XV. Macnab wrote: "His Louis is a taciturn, melancholy but commanding figure with a dark side". [44]
Maiwenn’s “Jeanne Du Barry,” a costume drama starring Johnny Depp as Louis XV, has been acquired by Vertical for North America following its world premiere on opening night of the Cannes ...
Jeanne du Barry review: Johnny Depp’s comeback film is a listless, laughable exercise in self-glorification. Clarisse Loughrey. April 18, 2024 at 8:00 AM ... Louis XV is played by Johnny Depp, ...
Johnny Depp said he felt “strangely, oddly, perversely lucky” to have been offered the role of French King Louis XV at the U.K. premiere of his new film “Jeanne du Barry.” Depp was ...
In the two following years, Depp appeared in the comedy Private Resort (1985), the war film Platoon (1986), and Slow Burn (1986). A year later, he started playing his recurring role as Officer Tom Hanson in the police procedural television series 21 Jump Street (1987–1990) which he played until the middle of season 4 , and during this time ...
Depp next starred as King Louis XV in French actor-director Maïwenn's period film Jeanne Du Barry (2023). This was the first film for Depp where he acted in French. [196] The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival as the opening film, where it was greeted with a 7-minute standing ovation and received a mixed reception from film critics.
Depp stars in the film as French King Louis XV opposite Maïwenn as the title character, a working class woman who caught the king’s eye and scandalized Versailles when she moved into the French ...
Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (28 August 1744 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason — particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution.