After the Johnny Depp trial, Amber Heard wants to reestablish her acting career. There is a way forward, though it won't be simple

The actor Amber Heard has made her first public appearance since she lost the multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit brought in spring 2022 by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

In June, she surfaced in Sicily for the Taormina Film Festival to promote In the Fire, a new thriller in which she stars as a psychiatrist working in 1890s Colombia.

The director of the film, Conor Allyn, told People that the movie will be a great opportunity for her to have something beyond the trial and stuff to talk about and be a platform for a hell of a comeback.

Thats the hope, of course — that this new movie marks Heards uncontroversial return to both her career and the public eye. But a comeback for her may prove more complicated than her ex-husbands has been.

Depp resumed his career right away after the trial concluded He started touring again with his old-guy rock band, the Hollywood Vampires, and this year, he appeared at the storied Cannes Film Festival to promote his first major film in three years, Jeanne du Barry.

His appearance sparked some protests, but he received a seven-minute standing ovation at the premiere of the film and was more or less embraced once again by the industry.

Heard, meanwhile, has avoided talking about the trial, in which Depp argued that she defamed him by implying he abused her in a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post. Instead, she has attempted to put the focus on her new film.

In an interview with Deadline in Taormina, she said Im in control for the most part of what comes out of my mouth. What Im not in control of is how my pride in this project and all we put into this film can be surrounded by clips of other stuff.

She added So lets get the elephant out of the room then, and just let me say that. I am an actress. Im here to support a movie. And thats not something I can be sued for.

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