Johnny Depp Says He Has ‘No Need For Hollywood’ At Cannes Film Fest

Johnny Depp, who received a standing ovation for his most recent movie, "Jeanne Du Barry," at the Cannes Film Festival, told journalists at the French festival he's done with Hollywood and took aim at the media, saying what has been written about him is "fiction." 

He also said he's done with Hollywood.

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Depp showed up 45 minutes late to a press briefing on Wednesday.

The actor then stated:

“Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood? Well, you’d have to not have a pulse to feel at that point like this was all just a weird joke.”

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He added enigmatically, “When you’re asked to resign from a film you’re doing because of something that’s merely a bunch of vowels and consonants floating in the air.”

He didn't appear to say anything further, though.

In the wake of his legal dispute with Amber Heard, Depp was supposedly sacked from his position in the "Fantastic Beasts" franchise.

“Do I feel boycotted now?” Depp said. “No, not at all. But I don’t feel boycotted, because I don’t think about Hollywood. I don’t feel much further need for Hollywood.”

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Many have referred to Depp's involvement in the well-known French film as a "comeback," but the controversial actor doesn't see it that way.

“I keep wondering about the word ‘comeback,’ because I didn’t go anywhere,” he said.

“Maybe people stopped calling out of whatever their fear was at the time, but I didn’t go anywhere.”

He added, “Saying ‘comeback’ is almost like I’m going to come out and do a tap dance — dance my best and hope you approve.”

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The public was interested in the Depp and Heard trial, and he appeared to object to what had been reported.

“The majority of you who have been reading for the last five or six years, with regards to me and my life — the majority of what you’ve read is fantastically, horrifically written fiction,” he said.

Tuesday night's festival opening feature, Johnny Depp's latest movie, was greeted with a standing ovation.

Depp speaks French in the character of King Louis XV.

He and the director Maiwenn entered the venue to cheers from the audience after walking the red carpet arm in arm.

In a different press conference, festival director Thierry Fremaux addressed the criticism of showing Depp's movie, saying: “I’m the last person to be able to discuss all this. If there’s one person in the world who is not interested in this very mediatized process, it’s me. I don’t know what it’s about. I care about Johnny Depp as an actor.”

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor sued Heard for $50 million in 2019, saying she defamed him by claiming he had assaulted her in a Washington Post op-ed from the previous year, but she made no mention of him.

Heard countersued him for $100 million in retaliation.

Heard was required to pay Depp $10 million in compensatory damages after Depp won his lawsuit.