While it has been revealed that Pierre Niney will star in Johnny Depp’s next film, this announcement does not seem to please everyone. Many Internet users indeed criticize the French actor for playing for a director accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife.
A bad ad. This Wednesday, May 10, the American media Deadline revealed that Pierre Niney will play in the next film of Johnny Depp, Modi. Information quickly confirmed by the actor himself on his Instagram account and on Twitter. “One dream at a time“, added in legend the French comedian.
But this announcement is not to everyone’s taste. Indeed, on social networks, many Internet users have criticized Pierre Niney for shoot for a filmmaker accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife Amber Heard, during a highly publicized trial where the two former spouses accused each other of defamation. A presence all the more problematic for some as the 34-year-old actor had spoken out on several occasions against acts of violence, in particular the slap in the face of Will Smith (the comedian Chris Rock, during the Oscars ceremony in 2022.”In what world do people live who defend an act of physical violence against a valve (no matter how bad)? Couldn’t Will Smith have responded to this valve? Reply with words? Are these really the values you want to pass on to your children?, wrote Pierre Niney on Twitter. For the time being, the latter has not responded to the emerging controversy.
A 3-star casting for the next Johnny Depp film
Modi will be the second film directed by Johnny Depp, more than 25 years later The Bravereleased in 1997. The feature film will recount 48 tumultuous hours in the life of the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani during a visit to Paris in 1916. According to Deadline, filming should begin in Budapest next fall. In the casting, we will find an XXL cast with, among others, Riccardo Scamarcio in the title role, but also the legend of cinema, Al Pacino who will play a great art collector. Finally Pierre Niney will play the French painter Maurice Utrillo.