Johnny Depp felt “lucky” in a number of different ways to land the role of King Louis XV of France in the movie. Jeanne DuBarry.

Co-star and director Melvin joined Depp on stage at the Curzon Theater in Mayfair, where they gave a brief synopsis of the film during the premiere.

“I feel very lucky to be [offered the role] —strange, strange, perverse luck,” he said during a rare public appearance on stage in London.

“Because when Melvin and I first met and talked about the idea of ​​me doing this movie and playing King Louis XV of France, the thing that immediately goes through your brain is you immediately go back to Kentucky, where, like, , everything is fried, so you realize you’re coming out of your belly button and all of a sudden you’re playing the King of France.”

“It made no sense to me and I tried to talk her out of it,” he continued.

“But she didn’t hear it, and she had a lot of courage to ask me to join her cast. No matter what we did, no matter what we went through, I think, and I hope you’ll find, that this kid just wanted to make a movie And the pain is worth it.”