Johnny Depp Feels ‘Immensely Lucky’ for New Film as a Director

Johnny Depp is giving audiences new perception into why he stepped behind the digicam for his new challenge.

The Depp-directed Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Insanity, which stars Riccardo Scamarcio as twentieth century artist Amedeo Modigliani, is making its world premiere at Spain’s San Sebastian Movie Pageant on Sept. 24. In a current interview with Selection, Depp, 61, and his producers spoke concerning the making of the interval movie — and why Depp was drawn to the subject material.

“Modigliani was, after all, one of many nice modern artists of all time. However he additionally represented an period and perspective the place new prospects nonetheless existed. His imaginative and prescient fascinates me,” Depp informed the outlet. “He doggedly walked to the beat of his personal drum, and possessed a pure allergy for conference throughout a time the place the norm was being overtly challenged throughout each medium. It might be silly to not admit that all the things Modigliani ever stood for, and continues to face for, resonates deeply inside me.”

“I really feel immensely lucky to be given the chance to, together with a chic forged and crew, seize his world in three days,” the actor and filmmaker added.

Modi‘s forged additionally options Al Pacino, who produced the film, Stephen Graham, Al Pacino, Antonia Desplat, Bruno Gouery and Luisa Ranieri. Pacino first spoke with Depp about making a movie about Modigliani whereas they have been taking pictures the 1997 film Donnie Brasco, reported Selection.

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As Depp’s IN.2 manufacturing firm government Stephen Malit informed Selection, Pacino, 84, “acknowledged that [Depp] was the fitting director as a result of he has the sensibility and sensitivity of an artist.”

“Johnny was fairly stunned, humbled and a bit blown away that Al was asking him to direct this,” Stephen Deuters, the corporate’s CEO, added. “He wasn’t anticipating anybody to ask him to direct a movie at that specific second. We had quite a bit occurring on the time, this was even earlier than COVID, and we simply thought it will be a very optimistic factor for us to do, a barely surprising change of course and one thing that he may actually throw himself into. . . I feel Johnny actually didn’t consider it was even taking place till he landed [on set].” 

Depp has not directed a film since 1997’s The Courageous, although he has helmed quite a few music movies within the years since. He final appeared on film screens in 2023’s Jeanne du Barry. The film doesn’t but have a U.S. launch date.