Johnny Depp is set to star in his first movie since his multi-million dollar defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star has landed a role in ‘Jeanne Du Barry’, produced by French company Why Not Productions.
In a first look image of Johnny in the film, the 59-year-old is seen wearing a white plumed hat and curled white hair, with a black blindfold on.
The film follows Jeanne, a young working-class woman who uses her intelligence and allure to climb the social hierarchy, eventually landing on the radar of King Louis XV.
The cast is reported to also include Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Melvil Poupaud, Noemie Lvovsky, Pascal Greggory and India Hair.
This will be Johnny’s first major role since he launched a $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber in 2019.
He launched the lawsuit after Amber wrote about being an alleged victim of domestic violence in an op-ed for the Washington Post in December 2018.
While his name was excluded from the piece, Johnny’s legal team argued that the op-ed implied that he “perpetrated domestic violence against her.”
Amber countersued Johnny, asking for $100 million and claiming she suffered “rampant physical violence and abuse” at his hands.
Back in June, a jury of five men and two women found Amber guilty of defaming her ex-husband, and they awarded Johnny over $10 million in damages.
Amber was awarded $2 million in damages on one of her three defamation countersuit claims.
Johnny and Amber met in 2009 on the set of the film The Rum Diary, and they got married in February 2015. Their divorce was finalised two years later.
