Amber Heard Joins Depp in ‘The Rum Diary

Amber Heard, most notable from ‘All the Boys Love Mandy Lane’ is in negotiations to join Johnny Depp  in ‘The Rum Diary’.  The film, based on the Hunter S. Thompson novel, is being written and directed by Bruce Robinson.

‘Diary’ will place Heard at the front and center of a love triangle in the tale of a washed-up, hard-drinking journalist named Paul Kemp (Depp) in 1950s Puerto Rico. Heard will play Chenault, the free-spirited girlfriend of a fellow journalist who cheats on him with Kemp, trying to convince him to run away with her.

The role drew strong interest from many a leading lady (Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley were among those reported to have been vying for it), though some had reservations regarding the nudity the role calls for. But that didn’t inhibit Heard — in the upcoming ensemble Bret Easton Ellis adaptation ‘The Informers,’ she spends all but one scene in the flesh.

Filming beings in March in Puerto Rico.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter