Actress Amber Heard is now famous for her public legal battle with her former husband Johnny Depp, whom she met while filming The Rum Diary. Heard has since played various roles in The Danish Girl, Aquaman, Drive Angry, and more. The actress is also known for her role in North Country, where she played a younger version of Charlie Theron.
Heard had many things to say about the type of roles available for women in Hollywood. She stated that Hollywood has a habit of not taking beautiful actresses seriously and only typecasting them in eye-candy roles. She mentioned that the industry only took notice of her co-star Theron’s talents after she ‘turned ugly’ with her Oscar-winning role in Monster.
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Amber Heard Starred With Charlize Theron North Country
While actress Amber Heard is seldom seen on screens now after her legal debacle with Johnny Depp, she was a noted up-and-coming actress at the beginning of her career. Heard began her acting career after she dropped out of Catholic School in Texas and moved to Los Angeles.
Heard had small roles in a few TV shows and films before she got a starring role in the slasher film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received mixed reviews, with many appreciating the grindhouse aesthetic of the film.
One of Amber Heard’s notable roles was in North Country, where she played the younger version of Charlize Theron’s Josephine Aimes. The film fetched Theron a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars and was universally acclaimed for her performance. Heard would then go on to star in films such as Pineapple Express and Never Back Down.
Amber Heard’s Statement On Charlize Theron Turning Ugly In Monster
Looking at Amber Heard’s filmography, it can be said that she picks characters that are usually the attractive woman who seduces or acts as a love interest to the male protagonist. She has played similar roles in films such as Drive Angry, The Rum Diary, Magic Mike XXL, and Paranoia.
When asked in an interview with Collider about her choice for such roles, Heard said,
“The sad thing about our society is that women are put in one of two categories. You’re either in the beautiful category and you’re seen as s*xy and beautiful, or some version of that, or you’re put into another category… I don’t take parts because they’re for the s*xy girl. I take the s*xy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.”
Amber Heard elaborated on her theory of actresses being clubbed into two categories, saying that Hollywood either typecasts a woman in these attractive roles or puts them in a category where one can shine with diverse role choices. Heard mentioned that one of the primary examples of an attractive woman pushing such boundaries was her North Country co-star Charlize Theron.
“We didn’t take Charlize Theron seriously until she did Monster and became physically ugly. I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated, and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we’re held to.”
Theron played the role of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the thriller Monster, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She underwent an incredible physical transformation and makeup to better look like the real-life killer on which the film was based.
