Introduction to Amber Heard’s New Role
Amber Heard has won her first acting role since her former husband Johnny Depp won a high-profile defamation lawsuit against her. The 39-year-old actress from Texas is part of the ensemble cast for a new play called "Spirit of the People," which will premiere at the Williamstown Theater Festival in July.
Details About the Play
The lineup also includes actor Jahava from "13 Reasons Why." According to the official description, "Spirit of the People" "confronts unpleasant truths about land and what it means to destroy it." The playwright, Jeremy O. Harris, known for his work on "Slave Play," discussed his new project with "Variety," saying, "I wanted to challenge myself. The piece is half in Spanish and I don’t speak Spanish. The piece has a significant level of prose in it. I am not a prosistic clerk. I try many different things."
Amber Heard’s Recent Projects
The latest screen credits for Heard are 2023’s "In the Fire" and "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom," although both projects were filmed in 2022 before the legal proceedings were broadcast on television. Heard and Depp divorced in 2017, after she had submitted divorce proceedings a year earlier, citing irreconcilable differences and claiming domestic abuse.
Background on the Defamation Lawsuit
Depp then brought a defamation lawsuit against the British newspaper "The Sun" over an article that described him as a "wife-beater," which he lost. However, in 2022, he won a lawsuit of several million dollars against Heard after a jury found that an article she wrote in "The Washington Post" in 2018 was defamatory. The piece had been titled, "I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture’s wrath. That has to change." Depp was not mentioned by name in the article, but his lawyers argued that it incorrectly implied that he was physically and sexually abusive while they were together.
Johnny Depp’s Recent Statements
At the beginning of this week, Depp said there were three people in particular who had "betrayed" him during the process. "As strange as I am, certain things can trust," the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star told "The Sunday Times." "And my loyalty is the last thing everyone could question. I was together with an agent for 30 years, but she spoke in court about how difficult I was." Depp’s former agent, Tracey Jacobs, claimed during the trial that some studios had become "reluctant" to work with Depp due to his tardiness on set, which the actor denied.
Conclusion
The court proceedings became a point of dispute in Hollywood, with several prominent parties weighing in. The "Edward Scissorhands" star has not specifically named the three people he feels betrayed him, but his statements have sparked further discussion about the highly publicized case.
