Amber Heard Wanted To Model Her Career After This Celebrity Before Her Johnny Depp Scandal

Summary

• Amber Heard admired Angelina Jolie for a number of specific reasons.
• Both Heard and Jolie have faced public scandals and divorces.
• Heard is determined to fight for genuine representation of women in Hollywood and not let the Johnny Depp scandal define her.

While Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's defamation trial took place in 2022, the ripple effects are still being felt in Hollywood. There's no question that it's still likely something that the actress thinks about every day. Amber Heard moved to Spain, but she is still acting, and fans will likely see her in more projects in the future.

In 2013, long before Heard and Depp were involved in a memorable scandal, the actress talked about a star who she loved in an interview with Vanity Fair. Heard explained what she liked about the celebrity and opened up about wanting to have the same kind of career. Here's what Heard said and whether this came true.

Which Actress Did Amber Heard Compliment Before Her Johnny Depp Scandal?

Ten years ago, Amber Heard participated in a Q&A with Vanity Fair reporter Krista Smith and talked about her life and career up until that point. She talked about growing up in Texas and explained that her family members stayed there. When she moved to Los Angeles, it was a big deal and the start of her career.

When Smith asked "Do you have anyone right now, actor or actress out there that you love what they're doing?" Heard had an answer ready to go.

Heard said, "I can't think of anyone who has accomplished the kind of trajectory that I admire better than Angelina Jolie. She's really parlayed a life in the public eye and used it to her advantage as opposed to just living life as a recluse because you feel taken advantage of by the general public in a paparazzi-obsessed culture."

When Smith asked "Do you think you would have pursued it if you knew it was going to be this much of a circus?" Heard answered, "Absolutely."

The actress continued, "I love so much the inconsistency and the travel and I love very much the struggle, that you're constantly put in a state of fight or fight... I don't know if I could have it any other way."

In 2013, at the time of her interview with Vanity Fair, Heard had a few movie roles to her name. She played the lead in All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, starred in Alpha Dogs, and appeared in a variety of movies ranging from the action-packed The Rum Diary to the thriller remake The Stepfather.

Of course, people could argue that Amber Heard's casting in The Rum Diary changed her life forever since she co-starred in the movie with Johnny Depp. According to People, Heard and Depp's relationship began after they acted together in this film. While they met in 2009, he was still married to Vanessa Paradis, but he shared that he was getting divorced in 2012. By 2014, the two were engaged, although things weren't always smooth between the couple.

Did Amber Heard Follow Angelina Jolie's Career Path?

Given Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's scandal, Amber Heard's comments about Angelina Jolie seem even more meaningful and unforgettable. While of course Heard couldn't have known what would happen to her, it does sound like she was aware of how tough life in the spotlight can be.

Amber Heard's love for Angelina Jolie makes sense since Jolie has been seen as one of the most beloved, talented, and compelling stars since she first came up in Hollywood.

After a chilling performance in the 1999 drama Girl, Interrupted, Jolie impressed the world by playing Lara Croft in the action franchise. She has chosen a mix of projects throughout her career, from fun and entertaining movies like Maleficent and The Tourist to weightier films like Changeling.

There's no question that Jolie has been able to keep acting while dealing with a lot in her personal life. There are definitely some interesting parallels between Amber Heard and Angelina Jolie's careers and lives. Both have gone through very public divorces, and both have been part of scandals at one point or another.

While Heard has been judged and has had to read a lot of negative things about herself online since the defamation trial, Jolie has had a few controversial moments in her life. Often, people heard some wild things about Jolie and her relationships.

According to Yahoo!, when Jolie married Jonny Lee Miller, she took her blood and wrote her husband's name on a t-shirt. That was what she wore to the ceremony along with a pair of pants. The couple was married from 1996 to 1999.

Jolie and Billy Bob Thorton were married from 2000 to 2003. Many can remember hearing that they put their blood into necklaces and gave them to each other. According to People, he said in 2018, “A lot of the things they said about us at the time were exaggerated. It wasn’t as crazy as people wrote about it.”

Even now, with news stories coming out about Jolie and Brad Pitt's messy divorce all the time, Jolie continues to raise her kids, act, and do her charity work.

When Amber Heard said that she loved Angelina Jolie's desire to stay in the limelight and not hide away, she could have been talking about her future self. Although it's true that Heard took a break from public life for a period of time, she has given some interviews recently where she makes it clear that she wants to continue acting.

As she said in an interview with Stylist.co.uk from several years ago, she is passionate about being cast in movies that feel important and don't include the same sexist stereotypes of women that have been seen so many times before.

She told the publication, "I think the main struggle for women in Hollywood and women in my position is to fight for true representation in the media and accurate representation of our many diverse qualities in stories. When only one or two percent of filmmakers are female, you can’t help but have some kind of bias."

It seems likely that she Amber Heard feels this way and that she doesn't want to let the Johnny Depp scandal change her life any more than it already has.