With Brie Larson attending the Cannes Film Festival as a member of its Jury, the juror for this year was taken aback during Tuesday’s press conference. Considering the actress is known for being a vocal women’s rights activist and pretty outspoken advocate of #MeToo and victims of s*xual assault, she was asked about her viewpoints regarding Johnny Depp’s Jeanne du Barry.
Following that Depp’s Jeanne du Barry was set to kickstart the festival on the opening night, it was going to be the first major project that the actor was involved in since his highly publicized trial. However, Larson’s response to the journalist’s question wasn’t well received among fans.
Twitter blasted Brie Larson after her response regarding Johnny Depp’s Jeanne du Barry
During the press conference, juror Brie Larson was startled after she was showered with the question of whether the Marvel star was going to see Johnny Depp’s Jeanne du Barry or not. Although she isn’t required to attend the festival premiere as a juror, as it is not playing in competition, the actress mostly tried to evade the question and stated, “You’re asking me that? I’m sorry, I don’t understand the correlation or why me specifically.”
However, after the journalist explained the connection by bringing up the actress’s involvement with Times Up, a non-profit organization formed to support victims of s*xual assault, Larson responded by stating, “You’ll see, I guess, if I will see it. And I don’t know how I’ll feel about it if I do”.
But her conflicted feelings towards Depp’s new project weren’t well received among fans, as they slammed the Captain Marvel star for evading the question through Twitter.
Well if she felt so strongly about the me too movement, being on the advisory council she should be asked about it. Shows the hypocrisy of celebrities.
— Dale Brown (@filmdale2017) May 16, 2023
She avoided that like the plague. It’s a valid question tho. If you’re on an advisory board for something like me too and times up then you should know ur stance
— Sandra Mûsk (@pradatonadas) May 17, 2023
Celebrities and hypocrisy are synonymous!
— deia (@deiamacedo) May 16, 2023
Coward performative Hollywood fake activist.
— QueenMera (@QueenMera199) May 16, 2023
She is an advocate for the Me too movement, when she is ask about one the most divisive actors in the festival where she is a participant too she have no response. The activism ends where the PR starts.
— Leon Ortz (@LeoNOrtZ) May 16, 2023
You can see the PR Neurons working overtime to concoct some type of answer lmao
— nosferatu (@Dantra11) May 16, 2023
But it wasn’t only Brie Larson who was bombarded with questions regarding Johnny Depp’s first major project since the defamation trial, as the Cannes chief too responded to the controversial project.
Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux shares support for Johnny Depp’s Jeanne du Barry
The decision of kickstarting the film festival with Johnny Depp‘s Jeanne du Barry garnered its fair share of controversies, following the actor’s recent legal battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard. On asked about their decision of Depp’s movie being the one to kick off the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux stood by his decision and shared his support for Depp’s film. He said,
“I don’t know about the image of Johnny Depp in the U.S. To tell you the truth, in my life, I only have one rule: it’s the freedom of thinking, and the freedom of speech and act within a legal framework.”
However, it seems that Jeanne du Barry might not be the grand comeback for Depp that fans were hoping for, as the film has garnered mixed reviews from critics after its premiere on 16th May.
Source: Variety
