14 DAY TRIAL // Amber Heard and husband Johnny Depp were never the kind to gush about their amazing love life or how much they loved each other in interviews, and her chat with this month’s Elle Magazine promises no change in this sense.
Amber is promoting her role in this summer’s hunk bonanza “Magic Mike XXL.” Only some quotes from the interview have been published online, but one in particular is telling because it sees Amber look back on her marriage to the A-list actor.
“Nothing is a dramatic change”
Amber and Johnny were married in February this year, first in Los Angeles and then on his private island. The nuptials came after an almost 1-year engagement, at a time when the rumor mill claimed there would be no wedding after all, because their relationship was already crumbling.
Speaking with Elle, the actress says that the transition from lover to spouse wasn’t some kind of “dramatic change” because it was the next logical step in their relationship. “We've been together for a long time now, so it's been a fairly organic process. I have a fiercely independent spirit,” she says.
She’s afraid of losing the freedom she worked so hard to get, of having to stifle her personality, she continues. This also applies in her professional life, so she’s very careful about the choices she makes: she wants to be regarded as an individual, as a talented actress and not some blonde bimbo who can only do supporting roles to put the male lead in a positive light.
Hollywood needs more diversity
Again, Amber uses her voice to speak for the need of more diversity in Hollywood, to plead with movie studio bosses to allow more and better female characters in their releases.
This is an ongoing discussion right now: women need better representation in the industry, from the characters they play on the big and small screen to the number of female producers, writers, directors and techs given a fair chance on the market.
In a previous interview, Amber lamented the bias against her, coming from higher-ups who assumed that, just because she was pretty, she had no talent and no brains. She said a woman’s choices in film were 2, with no possibility in between: either you played second fiddle to the male character or not.
She, for one, chose the former to get her foot in the door. However, now that she’s made a name for herself in the industry and has a fanbase (and plenty of exposure in the media), she plans to fight for better, meatier roles.