The decision to kick off with controversial helmer Maïwenn’s period piece Jeanne Du Barry offers a virtual case study of the different cultural norms driving the French and American film industries
in his first feature film role in three years, as Louis XV, and Maïwenn as the 18th century monarch’s favorite mistress. In a recent interview with , the filmmaker said that she had been warned not to knock on Depp’s dressing-room door during filming to let him know she was waiting.
“One day, I did it anyway,” she said. “And there, he made me understand that I had committed an unacceptable intrusion and asked me how I would have felt if he came knocking on my dressing room door. I replied that everyone does it all the time. Because that’s how a set works in France!”
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