21 h, sep 8, 2019 y - OUEST FRANCE Johnny Depp Super Star: A Fascinating Chameleon In Deauville

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Johnny Depp, a "fascinating chameleon" in Deauville

West France (Caen-Vire)Louise DELÉPINE.
"Thank you for being here with us. Thank you for everything, it really means a lot to me." Wearing a white suit and blue glasses, Johnny Depp spoke in French to his fans gathered against the barriers of the red carpet yesterday. Some of them had been waiting for him since 4 a.m., with signs and even a figurine bearing his image.

Johnny Depp fans, "the Deppheads" as they call themselves, came in numbers to welcome their star. Disappointed for the first time by the absence of a booth inauguration at the start of the afternoon, they were hoping for an autograph or a selfie. Their patience was finally rewarded in the middle of the evening when the actor returned to the red carpet to satisfy them.

The words of Catherine Deneuve
Mark Rylance, British actor on the bill, with Johnny Depp, from Waiting for the Barbarians, highlighted the "beautiful spirit" of his friend. "We became friends at first sight," he smiled. And I'm very happy that we're honoring him today, because he's a shy person, but he's a good person."

"I knew him like many others while watching 21 Jump Street," said actress Chiara Mastroianni on the red carpet. He's a chameleon actor, which is saying something for an actor like him."

A few minutes later, in the CID auditorium, where the audience was standing to welcome the actor, Catherine Deneuve, president of the jury, paid tribute to him. "Spectral traveler in Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch, uncontrollable lawyer in Las Vegas Parano by Terry Gilliam, exuberant creator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Tim Burton, or irresistible in Pirates of the Caribbean," she listed. Johnny Depp is a fascinating chameleon, an elusive actor whose characters perhaps only have in common their difficulty finding a place in the world."
His secret, according to Catherine Deneuve: "Be endearing, be human."

"Watching Johnny Depp on screen means accepting to lose your bearings. Thank you for being who you are, who helps us so much to be who we are," she concluded.

Shy Johnny Depp? The proof was made on the stage of the auditorium where he preferred to talk about others. "Catherine Deneuve is perfection," said the actor. For the next twenty years, I will ask myself why l deserve this tribute. My daughter, Lily-Rose, was at another festival not long ago. I'm extremely proud of her, it's quite unreal to see that. So I wanted to thank her, and thank her extraordinary mother, Vanessa Paradis."

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