Johnny Depp Appears in Trailer for 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival During Event's Opening Ceremony
Johnny Depp makes an appearance in the new trailer for this years Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which debuted at Fridays opening ceremony.
Directed by Ivan Zachariáš and set in the Hotel Gellért in Budapest, the trailer features the Whats Eating Gilbert Grape actor entering the hotel to sit down for an interview with a guitar case in hand.
After he is asked a personal question about why he didnt receive an award the last time he was at the festival, Depp, 60, replies, Were here to talk about music, really, before pulling a trophy out of his guitar case.
The onscreen appearance in which Depp pokes fun at himself comes two years after the actor was the festivals guest of honor in 2021, when he presented two films he produced Crock of Gold A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan and Minamata.
Previous festival trailers have included Crystal Globe lifetime honorees, such as Mel Gibson, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Andy Garcia, Jude Law, Danny DeVito, Miloš Forman and Casey Affleck.
“Right at the start of the shoot he told me that he would prefer to improvise,” Zachariáš said of Depps involvement in the trailer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I was initially a bit taken aback, but it turned out to be a great idea, since Johnny ended up putting even more of his own personality into the trailer.”
“When we were done, he still wanted to chat even though a plane was waiting for him,” he added.
Festival organizers first teased the Depp trailer in May, and the events executive director Kryštof Mucha said, per THR, that it turned out great.
“Two years ago, Johnny Depp received an immensely warm welcome from audiences and fans, thanks to which he has become a great supporter of ours,” Mucha added.
And so he agreed to film a trailer even though we were limited by his packed schedule. The trailer turned out great, and I am convinced that Johnny Depp will one day return to Vary in person.”
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