and clearly, this was a case in point. he has also a very low threshold when it comes to tolerating the behaviour of the media, he has a very low flash point, and clearly that was exceeded in new york 2a hours ago. harry and meghan have not spoken directly to the press but we can hear now from someone who literally had a front row seat for what went on. sukhcharn singh known to his friends as sonny is the cab driver who was flagged down to pick up the couple and a bodyguard, as they tried to switch vehicles as a way of avoiding the photo journalists. he s been talking to the media about what happened. i was going down 67th st, east 67, i see a guy in a suit telling me and he said, are you empty? i are you looking for a fair? i pulled over to the right. a few minutes later, i see three people hopped out of a black car right into my cab and it was prince harry and meghan and there was another woman with them as well. as we are going away, a garbage truck was blocking us,
allow, this thing to sort of define anything that i ve done before. anything that i m doing now or what i m going to do, it doesn t exist for me any more. reviews for depp and jean du barry were mixed, some stating he looked uncomfortable in the role. but more importantly, cannes was not a public relations disaster for him. he alsojust renewed an endorsement deal with the fashion house dior and is raising money to direct a new film starring al pacino. hollywood loves a rehabilitation narrative, and while it s still fragile withjohnny depp, that appears to be emerging. tom brooke, bbc news, cannes. tom brook, bbc news, cannes. let s get some of the day s other news now. a bbc investigation has revealed that britain has so far failed to fine thousands of foreign companies for breaking a new transparency law. the legislation, introduced last year, required overseas companies with property in the uk to reveal their owners by the end of january.
he was the star of the opening night film jean du barry, in which he plays french king louis xv, who falls in love with a social climber portrayed by the franco algerian may win, who also directed the french language film. jean ne du barry isjohnny depp s first major film role in three years, having been sidelined by the movie industry because of his legal battles with his ex wife, amber heard, involving abuse allegations. to his critics, he is a pariah, a controversialfigure, an alleged domestic abuser who shouldn t be embraced by cannes, although the festival director has strongly defended his choice to include the film. but many in the film industry here do welcome his return, as do his fans. and you ve got a standing ovation that was apparently seven minutes long. do you view this as your kind of comeback role in a way as people in the press are seeing it? no. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because.