It's fair to say that Johnny Depp's career has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride.
The actor went from Hollywood heartthrob in the 1980s and 1990s to a fall from grace in recent years, largely thanks to the ugly and very public defamation trial between he and his ex-wife Amber Heard, which saw accusations of domestic violence being levelled both ways.
Although the court ultimately found in his favour, Depp has undoubtedly been ostracised by some quarters of Hollywood - and he discussed this during his appearance at the Cannes Film Festival the other day.
Depp is at Cannes to promote his role in 'Jeanne du Barry', his first leading role in a film in three years, when he was asked if he felt boycotted by Hollywood.
He responded: "“Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood? You’d have to not have a pulse to feel like, ‘No. None of this is happening. It’s a weird joke.
"When you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing because of something that is merely a function of vowels and consonants floating in the air, yes, you feel boycotted."
Depp was presumably referring to the 'Fantastic Beasts' spinoff, which he exited in 2020.
He added: “I don’t feel boycotted by Hollywood, because I don’t think about Hollywood. It's a strange, funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves, but they can’t. They must fall in line with the person in front of them. If you want to live that life, I wish you the best."
The biographical film 'Jeanne du Barry' sees Depp play French King Louis XV, whose court at Versailles is scandalised by the titular character, a working-class girl who becomes his favourite.
