Johnny Depp weighs in on 'lucky' gig

Johnny Depp seemingly enjoyed starring in the historic drama flick, Jeanne du Barry.

The Pirates of the Caribbean alum recently opened up about his experience of playing Lous XV in new project.

Spilling the beans on how he felt while playing the role of French King Louis XV at the U.K. premiere of his film, the acting sensation said, “I feel very lucky to have been [offered the role] – strangely, oddly, perversely lucky,” as per Variety.

He went on to explain, “Because when Maiwenn and I first actually met and talked about the notion of me doing the film and playing Louis XV, the King of France — see that’s when instantly what happens in your brain is you instantly go back to Kentucky, where, like, everything is fried.”

“So you realise that you’ve come from the bellybutton of nowhere and suddenly you end up playing the King of France,” the ex-husband of Amber Heard acknowledged.

“It made no sense to me, I tried to talk her out of it,” he remarked and added, “But she wasn’t hearing it and she had great courage to take me into her cast.”

He said in conclusion, “Whatever we did, whatever we experienced I think and I hope you’ll find it was well worth the agony of this kid trying to make a film for that length of time.”