Amber Heard claims Johnny Depp allegations cost her film roles
'I want to ensure that women who come forward to talk about violence receive more support,' the actor wrote in an op-ed
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Your support makes all the difference.Amber Heard has addressed the backlash she received after she speaking out about her marriage to ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
The 32-year-old, who currently stars in the DC film Aquaman alongside Jason Momoa, claims she lost out on a number of roles as she felt “the full force of our culture’s wrath for women [who speak out]” after she accused Depp of violence against her.
Johnny Depp, 55, has always denied the abuse allegations and has said that they were, “salacious false stories, gossip, misinformation, and lies”. Heard’s divorce with Depp was finalised in 2017, after two years of marriage.
Writing an op-ed for the Washington Post, Heard revealed that “friends and advisers told me I would never again work as an actress − that I would be blacklisted”.
She claimed that “a movie I was attached to recast my role”, that a global fashion brand dropped her just after she had shot a two-year campaign for them, and that her major film roles in Justice League and Aquaman were almost compromised.
She also said she had to change her phone number each week due to “getting death threats” and that she “rarely left my apartment". Heard added: "When I did, I was pursued by camera drones and photographers on foot, on motorcycles and in cars.
“I want to ensure that women who come forward to talk about violence receive more support,” Heard wrote, explaining her reason for the op-ed. “We are electing representatives who know how deeply we care about these issues
“We can work together to demand changes to laws and rules and social norms — and to right the imbalances that have shaped our lives.”
Depp recently starred in Fantastic Beasts sequel The Crimes of Grindelwald, to considerable criticism from domestic rights campaigners. In October, British GQ came under fire for “glamourising domestic violence” by featuring him on its cover as “an outlaw”.
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