
Le Pacte’s boss Jean Labadie, a veteran French producer-distributor who was one of the film’s first backers along with the sales banner Goodfellas (formerly Wild Bunch International), is even more enthusiastic than Marti, saying that “Jeanne du Barry” could garner up to one million admissions in French theaters. blockbuster as neither ‘Fast X’ nor ‘The Little Mermaid’ have proven to be smash hits in France so far.” But “Spider-Man : Across The Spider-Verse” could drive an upward trend, having sold 118 128 tickets in a day on May 31. dropped by one-third over the last week due to the lack of new U.S.

Marti points out the performance of “‘Jeanne du Barry’ in France was respectable, particularly considering that the B.O. Even more telling than the critical recognition, Depp was also retained as Dior’s ambassador for the global ad campaign of his Sauvage fragrance since 2015, and was offered a massive $20 million deal to renew his contract. During his three-year hiatus, Depp was honored at festivals in Europe, notably at San Sebastian and Deauville. Depp’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and his other work has also been hugely successful in France. If he was ‘canceled,’ the film would probably be at 150,000 tickets sold.”įrench audiences have always been enamored with Depp, who lived in the country for many years with Vanessa Paradis, a famous French actor and singer with whom he had two kids, including Lily-Rose Depp. Johnny seemed happy to do it that way, too, so I guess the answer is no, we really didn’t get to know each other better between takes.“‘Jeanne du Barry’ is doing the job, it’s a well polished film with good production values and it attracts a very large public,” Marti says, adding that “Johnny Depp is still popular in France. He added, “I didn’t want to talk unless it was while we were doing a scene, I enjoy it that way. He even revealed in another interview that tends to keep his distance from his co-actors so that it wouldn’t affect their on-screen presence. He even revealed that even Depp seemed to be happy that way. Moreover, Christian Bale also spoke to Wales Online, as reported by Showbiz Cheatsheet, revealing that he did not talk to Johnny Depp unless they were performing a scene and added how much he enjoyed that way. Pretty much I only caught up with Johnny that one time. Purvis only that one time caught up with him. But the nature of the way that we worked together was very similar to the way of the story. I think naturally he found Dillinger to be a fascinating character and I think he did a superb job with it. He makes very interesting choices and makes a real variety of movies.

He revealed how the nature of their off-screen terms was very similar to that of their characters as the dup played the roles of Cop and Robber.

The author of the book earlier planned to make a television miniseries on the subject but later decided to write a book instead.Ĭhristian Bale once told Collider about his experience working with Johnny Depp. While Depp essayed the role of a bank robber named John Dillinger, Bale was seen portraying FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
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The movie was an adaptation of Bryan Burrough’s 2004 book Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34. Apart from other actors, Christian also shared screen space with Johnny Depp in the film Public Enemies, and it will be interesting for you to know that he once made a shocking revelation about how he never spoke to Depp off the set.Ĭhristian Bale and Johnny Depp-starrer Public Enemies was a biopic drama directed by Michael Mann. He was a part of some of the iconic movies of all time including Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Promise, The Big Short, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Flowers of War, Terminator Salvation, etc. Christian Bale Revealed Why He Didn’t Want To Talk To Johnny Depp On Public Enemies set ( Photo Credit – A Still From Public Enemies )Ĭhristian Bale is a noted English actor who has won his fans’ hearts around the world with his stellar acting skills in a variety of movies in his career.
