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Johnny Depp Discusses ‘Modi,’ Troubled Past With Amber Heard

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Johnny Depp‘s airplane was late coming into Rome, so he missed the Rome Movie Competition press convention that was scheduled on Saturday to speak in regards to the new movie he directed, Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Insanity. Depp was as a result of current the movie that night, decide up a prize after which fly out on Sunday morning.

The actor is taken into account a controversial determine in Hollywood after years of authorized battles and a messy divorce from his ex-wife Amber Heard, which included allegations of home violence and his and Heard’s closely publicized defamation trial. However Depp is within the midst of a profession reboot of types in Europe, one which started ultimately yr’s Cannes Movie Fest with French director Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, during which he starred as King Louis XV. 

Modi, which premiered on the San Sebastian Movie Competition final month, is the story of three turbulent days within the lifetime of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. It’s set in war-torn Paris in 1916, within the Montmartre district which was dwelling to many bohemians and artists on the time. Depp sat down with The Hollywood Reporter Roma to speak about how he identifies with Modigliani, transferring on from the previous and jokingly in contrast his repute to that of O.J. Simpson.

Al Pacino first advised this movie about Modigliani to you manner again in 1997. Why did it take so a few years to make it?

Al was going to direct it on the time, and he was speaking to me whereas we have been working collectively on Donnie Brasco, and he needed me to play Modigliani. Then it form of disappeared after which 20-plus years later Al calls me, and he says [imitating Pacino], “Hey John I feel it is best to direct the Modigliani factor,” and I mentioned, “Why?”

How do you’re feeling about directing? That is your second try at directing a movie; the primary one, The Courageous, again in 1997, didn’t go so properly.

The Courageous didn’t go so properly. I keep in mind very properly the comedown of the critics on The Courageous, and all it did was make me perceive. What do you do? You study from that.

[Riccardo Scarmacio, who plays Modigliani in Modi, interjects to say: “By the way, (Italian auteur Michelangelo) Antonioni said ‘Bravo, bravo!’”]

Sure, he did, bless his coronary heart. That truly occurred.

Did you determine with Modigliani? He was a wild man — he was into intercourse, medication and rock and roll. And he couldn’t stand rejection.

And he’s the precise reverse of me. I am keen on rejection. [Laughs.]

However are there methods you determine with him as a personality?

After all. My upbringing was not the identical as Modigliani’s, however you do perceive the degrees that you need to climb, up a ladder or up a wall to get to some extent the place you earn your stripes. I do perceive him within the sense that he caught to his weapons along with his specific model, which was far too brute for these on the time.

He was within the wilderness for some time, such as you due to your private points. Is {that a} good description?

It was an unlimited wilderness and finally that huge wilderness taught me a complete lot

What classes have you ever discovered?

Oh let’s see. Ought to this be humorous or ought to it’s true? [Laughs.]

Simply give it to me straight. You mentioned in San Sebastian final month that your life become a cleaning soap opera. Do you continue to really feel that manner?

Truthfully, I can sit right here this very second and take into consideration all of the hit items, and the way all people was towards me, and yeah yeah yeah he’s off the map … limitless stuff. I can keep in mind all of it. Went by all of it. A few of it was not essentially the most stunning time, a few of it was hilarious. A few of it was mad. The factor is, it merely simply was, and it merely simply is. So, for me, it occurred. I discovered, man. Every little thing that we expertise, whether or not you’re given a snow cone or strolling your canine, you study one thing someplace alongside the best way. So I don’t have any sick emotions towards anybody. I don’t have this nice reserve of hatred, as a result of hatred requires caring. Why carry that baggage?

You additionally mentioned that you simply really feel you don’t want Hollywood anymore.

I had a number of bouts with Hollywood over their specific straightforward manner and the fluid three-act construction and all of the stuff that’s predictable. And I’m sorry, however I needed to get in there and whip it round a bit bit…

With all of the challenges you might have confronted in your private life and your profession, you continue to give unforgettable performances. Do you might have an intuition or an instinct or some methodology that permits you to concentrate on the authenticity of your roles?

Oh sure, after all, it’s my duty. However it’s also useful in sure situations, particularly when issues are crumbling throughout. It’s bizarre to have the ability to escape, not into a personality, however it’s good to have the ability to inhabit a personality, and as all the pieces is in your toolbox — a few of that stuff can be utilized as accessible stimulus. Which is nice. So yeah. Every little thing has been … it has actually, it simply is. And on some degree, it’s gonna be round, that form of factor. It’s like OJ or one thing. However hey, it simply occurred. That’s all.

Exclusive: Alan Friedman, Editor-At-Large of The Hollywood Reporter Roma, interviews Johnny Depp

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James Franco Surfaces in Rome to Discuss New Film ‘Hey Joe’

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James Franco met the press in Rome on Friday to debate his new movie Hey Joe, which had its world premiere on the Rome Movie Competition. Whereas discussing the movie, wherein he performs a WWII vet who returns to Naples 25 years after discovering out he has a son there, the actor drew parallels to his personal life.

“My character is a person who wasted his personal life,” mentioned Franco. “He catches the event to do one thing optimistic. That was the identical for me as an individual. I modified my manner of seeing issues. I understood that what I actually wished to acquire from success was an precise bond with different folks, a non secular progress. That’s what might give a which means to my life.”

In 2018, 5 ladies accused Franco of sexual misconduct. A category motion lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in 2019 claimed he misused his place, providing performing alternatives in trade for favors. In 2021, Franco agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a category motion lawsuit alleging he pushed performing college students at his Studio 4 Movie College into performing in more and more express intercourse scenes on digital camera.

Since then, Franco has saved a low profile, solely showing within the restricted launch of 2019’s Zeroville, which he truly directed in 2014. He additionally attended the Cannes Movie Competition in Might, the place he was noticed within the VIP space of a Nespresso celebration.

Franco described his character in Hey Joe as somebody whose life is falling aside, however who finds a technique to change. “My character destroyed his personal private life,” he mentioned. “His marriage is in items, he’s alone, he’s turning into an alcoholic. After which, a miracle is available in his life. Some folks might say ‘it’s too late.’ Different folks — like him — might say ‘this is a chance, let’s see the place it takes me.’ There may be at all times the way in which to vary our life.”

The actor additionally mentioned the variations between filmmaking in Hollywood and in Italy.

“For movie lovers, Claudio makes films in a really explicit manner — impressed by Italian neo realism,” mentioned Franco. “For many scenes we solely used two angles. In a typical American film you’re doing a number of protection – the vast shot, the medium shot, the shut up – with Claudio there was solely two set ups. As a result of I used to be the principle character he wished the movie to be from my standpoint, so [the shots] had been both over my shoulder or on my face for the entire scene.”

Hey Joe, directed by Claudio Giovannesi, is about for theatrical launch in Italy on Nov. 28, 2024.

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Marcello Mastroianni Beyond Latin Lover

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“Marcello Mastroianni was identified, all around the globe, because the Latin lover, the Italian seducer, particularly after he starred in La Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini’s masterpiece,” says Fabrizio Corallo, the director of the brand new documentary Ciao Marcello, Mastroianni l’antidivo. “Mastroianni didn’t like this picture. He didn’t need to be seen as an icon, as a intercourse image. He didn’t care a lot about his public persona; what did matter to him was his private life. So, I attempted to construct an intimate portrait of this distinctive actor.”

Corallo is a journalist and an knowledgeable on the historical past of Italian cinema. For state broadcaster Rai he has made a lot of documentaries concerning the nice personalities of Italian cinema: Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Virna Lisi, Ennio Flaiano and Giuliano Montaldo, amongst others.

Ciao Marcello, which was co-written with Silvia Scola, the daughter of Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola, who directed Mastroianni in 1977’s A Particular Day, had its premiere on the Rome Movie Fest and can air on Rai TV on Sunday, Oct. 27 (it’s obtainable on MUBI within the U.S.). The movie arrives 100 years after the actor’s start — he was born on Sept. 28, 1924 and died on Dec. 19, 1996.

Produced by Massimo Vigliar and Adriano De Micheli for Surf Movie, Dean Movie and Cinecittà Spa, the movie affords a deep perception into the life and artwork of Mastroianni, with the assistance of many audio and video interviews with most of the actors, screenwriters and movie administrators who labored with him. However we will additionally discover on this movie a touching interview with the mom of the actor, Ida Rolle. “We uncover a well-known actor who, on the peak of his profession, values above all different issues his mom’s meatballs,” recounts Corallo.

“This documentary is particularly meant for younger audiences, for individuals who’ve by no means heard of him,” the director continues. “Mastroianni was born 100 years in the past, in 1924, and he died in 1996, at age 72. He appeared in 150 films, garnered many worldwide honors, together with a Golden Globe, two greatest actor awards on the Venice and Cannes festivals and three Academy Award nominations. He turned a global star via his collaborations with Federico Fellini, of whom he turned a form of alter ego. He shaped a beautiful onscreen duo with actress Sophia Loren, co-starring together with her in eight movies. Nonetheless, his identify might quickly vanish among the many youthful generations. That’s the reason this film exists.”

“What do I like principally about him? His easy way of life and appearing: his approach of being trustworthy and modest. His approach of providing himself to the viewer. His delicate approach of appearing, which is a really uncommon high quality. And his disillusioned strategy to all the pieces, with out being cynical,” Corallo provides.

As for the title of his documentary, Ciao Marcello – Mastroianni l’antidivo — which in English means Goodbye Marcello, Mastroianni the Anti-Diva — Corallo says it refers to a picture Mastroianni had within the media that irked the actor. “He hated the ‘latin lover’ label which he acquired from the press,” says Corallo. “He didn’t like in any respect being a film star. He was somewhat shy, and he cherished actual life excess of the shining floor of the film world.”

Corallo says he deliberately didn’t attempt to dig too deeply into the gossipy elements of Mastroianni’s private life. “He had a tormented love life, together with essential love tales with actresses Faye Dunaway and Catherine Deneuve, however we tried to inform these tales with a light-weight contact”, says the journalist. “We let him speak about himself, and we let individuals who labored with him speak about Mastroianni.”

Among the many discoveries Corallo made have been interviews that Mastroianni gave in different languages, which frequently allowed the actor to indicate a extra relaxed and playful facet of himself. “He was extra freewheeling when interviewed in different languages. As an illustration, we found an extended interview with Spanish TV, and one other one in English, on The Dick Cavett Present in 1977. He and Sophia Loren have been interviewed for an hour. They have been on the identical wavelength, they have been ironic, humorous, relaxed, honest. We took solely a minute from that interview, nevertheless it was a gold mine.”

To attach the interviews and the archive footage, Corallo used a collection of quick dramatic re-enactment scenes with the Italian actors Luca Argentero and Barbara Venturato. “We created these little fiction inserts, wherein we think about {that a} younger assistant editor, Barbara Venturato, is engaged on a documentary about Mastroianni, with out realizing something about him. So, Luca Argentero — who’s a really well-known face for the Italian audiences — explains to his younger buddy the actual greatness of this large of our cinema.”

Provides the director: “We have now tried to create an intimate portrait of Mastroianni. I hope we’ve got been profitable.”

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‘Democracy Could Continue or End’

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When rumors that his deliberate movies on Frank Sinatra and Jesus have been postponed, there was hypothesis that Martin Scorsese may retire. The legendary director has now put these rumors to relaxation: “I’m not saying goodbye to cinema in any respect,” he mentioned throughout a press convention Monday on the Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy,. “I nonetheless have extra movies to make, and I hope God provides me the power to make them.”

Scorsese is in Turin to obtain the Museum of Cinema’s prestigious Stella della Mole award Monday tonight. Pals like Willem Dafoe, Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore and manufacturing designer Dante Ferretti will probably be readily available to honor him.

Throughout a freewheeling dialog with journalists in Turin, Scorsese additionally shared his ideas on the upcoming U.S. elections.

“Once we filmed Gangs of New York at Cinecittà, we depicted a violent, bloody Nineteenth-century America, with a brutal character — Invoice the Butcher, performed by Daniel Day-Lewis. Individuals like him are displaying up once more. We don’t know what’s going to occur in a couple of weeks,” he mentioned, referring to the Nov. 5 election. “Democracy may proceed, or this experiment may finish.”

The director continued, as soon as once more evaluating the present political local weather to his 2002 historic epic, which chronicles the conflict between rival Irish gangs in New York within the late 1800s. “I by no means thought I’d dwell via a second like this. It jogs my memory of Federico Fellini, who, whereas filming Satyricon, mentioned as he walked via Rome: ‘I really feel like I’m again in historical Roman occasions.’ Now I really feel like we’re again on the earth of Gangs of New York, a movie about violent clashes between immigrant ethnic teams preventing for management of New York and, metaphorically, America.”

Launched by the president of Turin’s Cinema Museum, Enzo Ghigo, and outgoing director Domenico De Gaetano, Scorsese additionally mentioned his present movie mission, which focuses on Italy.

“I’m filming between Ustica and Taormina. It’s a documentary about marine archaeology,” Scorsese revealed. The movie relies on the analysis mission Shipwreck of Sicily, led by British underwater archaeologist Lisa Briggs, who makes use of DNA evaluation on objects recovered from historical shipwreck websites to reconstruct the tales of ships, sailors and cargo from historical occasions.

The documentary, co-produced by the Sicilian area, can even be filmed on the Selinunte Archaeological Park, Pantelleria, the Museum of the Dancing Satyr in Mazara del Vallo, and the Salinas Archaeological Museum in Palermo. Scorsese added, “I noticed an amphora [an ancient Greek or Roman jar] pulled from the ocean, and it moved me deeply”.

He’ll additionally go to the city of Polizzi Generosa, from the place his grandfather Francesco hailed. “Our unique title was ‘Scorzese,’ with a ‘z,’ probably hinting at historical Scottish roots,” Scorsese reminisced.

Transferring from archaeology to the long run, Scorsese mused about the way forward for cinema: “Perhaps someday we’ll expertise movies via a chip implanted in our heads. Think about Orlando Furioso [the Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto from the 1500s] or Hamlet in digital actuality. You’d see the Prince of Denmark proper in entrance of you, as if he have been actual. However irrespective of the know-how, one factor will all the time matter: Are you able to talk one thing? Are you able to inform a narrative? Tales assist us perceive who we’re.”

Requested in regards to the violent imagery that recurs in his work, Scorsese pointed to how violence can take many varieties: “I feel violence is a part of who we’re. Rising up, I noticed it throughout me. I’ve seen good folks do dangerous issues. Violence is a part of how we work together — it’s even current in a manufacturing assembly or a financial institution boardroom, simply disguised as one thing extra ‘civilized.’ Even once you keep away from wanting somebody within the eye, that’s a type of violence too.”

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Paul Schrader on Casting Richard Gere in ‘American Gigolo’

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Paul Schrader, on the age of 78, is getting a bit philosophical, a trifle introspective and, if the reality be instructed, extraordinarily pessimistic in regards to the future.

The legendary former movie critic turned screenwriter-director — his lengthy checklist of credit consists of, as screenwriter, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976) and Raging Bull (1980) and, as writer-director, American Gigolo (1980), First Reformed (2017) and this 12 months’s Oh, Canada — will arrive in Tuscany this week, as a particular visitor of the Lucca Movie Pageant. On Sept. 25, he’ll train a grasp class to school college students, and the day after, on Sept. 26, he’ll obtain a lifetime achievement award. There will even be a retrospective of his best movies.

THR Roma caught up with Schrader in New York, simply earlier than he hopped his flight for Italy. Earlier than dishing the dust, and speaking in regards to the trials and tribulations of John Travolta, Schrader went all metaphysical.

Paul, you’re coming to Lucca. In a lifetime of monumental achievement, what would you prefer to be remembered for many?

I may reply that query, however my reply could be predicated on a perception sooner or later, which in actual fact I don’t have. So it’s slightly onerous to speak about one’s legacy when you don’t consider there will probably be any legacy. I believe we now have run out of fumes right here. Humanity is phasing itself out. Carbon-based life has had run, but when there are humanoids 100 years from now who will hear or learn these phrases, then I believe that what I’m most happy with is having created every little thing on spec. I began writing on spec with Taxi Driver, and I’m nonetheless writing right this moment on spec. I’ve written 4 movies within the final two years on spec. And that provides others a way that they’ll do it. Simply do it!

Inform me about writing Taxi Driver “on spec,” as you place it.

I wrote deal earlier than I met Martin. I wrote Taxi Driver in 1972. I met Marty in 1974. I used to be a movie critic on the time in L.A. and I had written a script, a type of existential cry. I didn’t do something with it. At some point I used to be interviewing Brian De Palma, and I stated to Brian: “You recognize, I wrote a script.” And Brian stated: “Oh, God, no, no, no, please!” After which afterwards, once we had been enjoying chess, he stated “OK, I’ll learn your script.” And he gave it to Marty. Brian instructed Marty the movie may be for him.

Other than Taxi Driver, your different most iconic movies are Raging Bull and American Gigolo. Giorgio Armani as soon as instructed me a narrative about the way you introduced John Travolta to Milano to be fitted by Armani for the function that ultimately Richard Gere would take over. Do you do not forget that?

I’ve {a photograph} of it. I actually have {a photograph} of Giorgio taking John’s measurements. And Sergio [Galeotti], who was Armani’s companion each in enterprise and in life for a lot of, a few years, was watching. John and I had come down from London, the place he had opened Grease. After which he dropped out.

However earlier than Travolta dropped out, he had already been fitted by Mr. Armani himself, proper?

Sure, sure, sure. The garments had been all within the works. They weren’t made to order or they weren’t bespoke, however they had been all from his upcoming line, and it was clearly one thing that he had in thoughts as a result of he was on the point of make his transfer into North America.

What occurred with John Travolta? He had a household disaster?

Three issues occurred. First, his mom died, which hit him onerous. Two, he had his first mega-flop, a movie known as Second to Second, and that rocked him. And the third was I believe he had rising nervousness in regards to the homosexual subtext [of the film]. The truth is, the best way the story goes, our pal Equipment Carson, who was alive then, was dwelling with Karen Black. Karen Black was going to Scientology [meetings]. She comes again and says, “Equipment, I believe John is gonna drop out of Schrader’s film. He’s been speaking about it in conferences.” And so I began sniffing round to see who was out there.

John Travolta was delicate in regards to the homosexual subtext as a result of he was in Scientology they usually didn’t approve of homosexual topics?

I don’t know if he’s out now, however he was firmly not out again then. I don’t know if was true or not, but when it had been, it was definitely not one thing that may be mentioned. Nobody, you realize, actually got here out till Rupert Everett. He was the primary. And he misplaced a bunch of labor due to it.

Anyway, John Travolta dropped out. What did you do?

I preferred the concept of Gere. I didn’t assume I may get Paramount to go for it.  Positive sufficient, John dropped out, on a Friday afternoon. I instructed Barry Diller [the boss at Paramount at the time] that I needed to method Gere. And he stated “No, we’re going to go to Chris Reeve.” So the following day, on Saturday, I known as up Chris Reeve’s agent and I stated: “I hear you have got been supplied the script, however I don’t assume Chris is correct for it.” So I poisoned the effectively. No means Chris was going to learn it! (Laughs mischievously.) After which, on Sunday I went to see Gere. He was staying on the seaside. So I am going out to Malibu and Gere is busy watching the Tremendous Bowl. I provide him the half. And he’s hesitating and says he can’t be rushed into such a giant resolution on such quick discover. So I instructed him: “The sport goes to be over in half an hour, but when I stroll out of right here the movie will in all probability fall via, and also you’re not going to have the prospect to decide once more.” And he stated OK, he would do it.

And Diller?

I went over to Barry Diller’s home and left a word in his mailbox. An hour later he known as me. I instructed him that Richard Gere was prepared to do American Gigolo, and I instructed him that Chris Reeve didn’t assume it was proper for him. I stated: “So tomorrow morning the information will hit the trades that John has dropped out. We are able to’t suppress that information any longer. It’s too large. Now after that headline, they’ll ask in your response, Barry. Now I can hold John Travolta tied up for 3 months, legally, as a result of he walked out 10 days earlier than taking pictures. Legally, I can hold him from working for 3 months. Or, there could possibly be one other announcement, Barry, as a result of I do know you need John for City Cowboy. And I do know John needs to do it. So the opposite announcement you could possibly make is that John has dropped out of American Gigolo, and we’re going ahead with Richard Gere.” And Barry known as me again an hour later and we made the announcement.

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Johnny Depp to Receive Honor at the Rome Film Fest

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Johnny Depp is returning to Italy. After the final present together with his band, Hollywood Vampires (that includes Alice Cooper and Joe Perry from Aerosmith) in 2018 on the Lucca Summer season Pageant, the actor-musician-filmmaker will probably be feted with a lifetime achievement honor on the 2024 Rome Movie Fest, which runs October 16 to 27.

Depp can even debut his newest directorial mission on the fest: Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Insanity, which chronicles the turbulent lifetime of artist Amedeo Modigliani in 1916 Paris. Starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Al Pacino and Antonia Desplat, the movie will display screen in Rome following its world premiere on the San Sebastián Movie Pageant.

The Rome honor comes as Depp makes an attempt to place his authorized battles with ex-wife Amber Heard behind him. Whereas his Hollywood profession has but to totally recuperate from the destructive publicity that surrounded the divorce, he stays widespread internationally and continues to be embraced by the movie group in Europe. In 2023, he opened the Cannes Movie Pageant with Jeanne du Barry from French filmmaker Maïwenn.

Different high-profile attendees at Rome Fest’s nineteenth version embody Viggo Mortensen and Francis Ford Coppola, each set to obtain particular honors. Mortensen will probably be readily available to current his western The Lifeless Don’t Damage starring Vicky Krieps. The movie is his second characteristic as director, following the 2020 drama Falling, starring Lance Henriksen. Coppola will display screen Megalopolis, his long-gestating epic about an bold architect (Adam Driver) decided to rebuild the fictional metropolis of New Rome following a devastating catastrophe.

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‘Brutalist’ Intermission, Harmony Korine’s Smokes

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A Bicycle within the Gala Theatre

Saturday kicks off with an accredited visitor casually making an attempt to enter the Sala Grande on a bicycle. Safety instantly stops him, however he retorts: “However there’s a lot unused area within the lobby.”

Concord Korine’s Lighted Cigar

Concord Korine exhibits up at his press convention for his delirious Child Invasion, a movie shot in augmented actuality with a multiplayer perspective, smoking an enormous cigar. The smoke alarms fail to go off. When a journalist asks, “How do you propose to distribute this movie?” Korine blows a cloud of smoke and replies, “Who mentioned I need to distribute it?!” Becoming a member of the press convention can be a masked Child Invader, who, to everybody’s amusement, solely solutions questions by shaking his head.

The Brazilian Girl with the Fowl’s Nest on Her Head

Across the pageant, a girl is noticed with what seems to be a hen’s nest on her head. She’s a part of the crew for the Brazilian movie Manas, in competitors on the Giornate degli Autori. The “hat” is definitely an indigenous good-luck headdress referred to as Tererè.

Journalists Lastly Catch a Break — Half One

Netflix hosts a poolside celebration on the Lodge Excelsior. The worldwide press workplace broadcasts, “Beginning this fall, there shall be loads of interviews to do.” Lastly, the journalists can elevate a toast.

Journalists Lastly Catch a Break — Part Two

Within the night, The Brutalist starring Adrien Brody is scheduled for screening. The movie, in competitors, runs almost 4 hours, and with out prior discover, the organizers determine to reinstate a mid-movie intermission. The journalists, initially confused, stand up to stretch their legs. Immediately, a countdown seems on the display screen. The lights go down, and chaos ensues as everybody scrambles to get again to their seats.

Late Night time on the Lido

However what’s one of the best ways to finish an evening on the pageant? With a sgroppino at Maleti’s Bar. The components: 300g of lemon sorbet, 20cl of additional dry prosecco and 5cl of vodka. As for the teetotalers? They’re those who be sure everybody else will get residence.