This week Johnny Depp’s new movie Jeanne du Barry opens in US theatres accompanied by a specially recorded interview with the Hollywood star.

During his conversation at home in London with Mark Salisbury, the actor reflected on playing French King Louis XV. And it turns out that the 60-year-old could relate to the real-life monarch given the unique strangeness that comes with being famous.

Depp said: “I think for someone in that position, and again, some of this stuff resonates for me —…