Brie Larson Is Caught Off Guard When Asked About Johnny Depp’s Movie at 2023 Cannes Film Festival: ‘You’re Asking Me About That?’

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Come again? Brie Larson appeared to be flustered and surprised when she was asked to weigh in on Johnny Depp’s presence at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.“You’re asking me that?” Larson, 33, said during a Tuesday, May 16, press conference in the South of France when asked how she feels about Depp’s project, Jeanne Du Barry, opening the festival.The actress, who is also a Cannes juror, added: “I’m sorry, I don’t understand the correlation or why me specifically.”The reporter then clarified that since the Captain Marvel star was part of the Time’s Up advisory council, he was curious if she had any thoughts on Depp, 59, being allowed kick off Cannes after his alleged past violence toward ex-wife Amber Heard. (Depp sued Heard, 37, in 2019 for defamation after she called herself a victim of domestic violence in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

A jury ruled in his favor in June 2022.)Larson was still visibly uncomfortable with being questioned about the Pirates of Caribbean actor. (The Room actress has been vocal amid the #MeToo movement, which champions victims of sexual assault to come forward against Hollywood figureheads as well as in other groups worldwide.)“You’ll see, I guess, if I see it,” she responded when pressed about whether she’ll watch the film. “And I don’t know how I’ll feel if I do.”The Edward Scissorhands actor’s Cannes appearance comes four years after he initially filed his defamation lawsuit against Heard following her Washington Post op-ed.

While the Texas native didn’t name Depp in the piece, in which she described acts of alleged domestic violence, he argued that readers could read between the lines.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesDepp then lost his libel case in the U.K.