After the verdict, here's what’s next for Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's movie careers
With their bitter defamation trial now over, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are left to pick up the pieces of their careers. But how exactly they will choose to move forward — and how much of an appetite Hollywood will have to hire them — remains to be seen.
The fact is, however, Depp’s career had been trending downward even before Heard penned the 2018 op-ed that sparked the litigation. During the trial, Depp’s former agent and business manager each testified that his unprofessional behavior — showing up late to set, relying on an earpiece for dialogue — as well as his reputation for substance issues had made major studios reluctant to work with the actor. In 2020, Depp was dropped by Warner Bros.
For Heard, the survey’s findings were far more stark. Among those who were tracking the trial, more than half of respondents said that they were less interested in seeing the actress in future films, with nearly two-thirds saying they believed Heard should be dropped from future productions. At the moment, neither Depp nor Heard have many projects on the immediate horizon. While Depp has nearly two dozen projects listed as being in development on the industry site IMDb Pro, including an untitled Dr. Seuss project and an untitled Paul Revere project, it is not clear how many are active.
For her part, Heard — who has most recently appeared in the Paramount+ limited series “The Stand” — is set to return in the role of the love interest Mera in the superhero sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” currently set release in March 2023. During the trial, Heard testified that her role had been “pared down” due to the controversy over her domestic abuse allegations against Depp.
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