We first saw her on the big screen as Maria in
Friday Night Lights. Then we saw her share the screen with Nicholas Cage as Piper in
Drive Angry, and with Johnny Depp as Chenault in
The Rum Diary. But the world will remeber her as Queen Mera.
With the release of
Justice League this weekend, Amber Heard made her onscreen debut as the Queen of Atlantis, a role which she will reprise for James Wan's
Aquaman next year.
Heard is featured in the December issue Allure Magazine. While she doesn't discuss anything film specific, she does talk about a requirement she has when looking for a fitting script:
“[As a kid,] seeing princesses in my books called beautiful was frustrating. I found the same frustration in Hollywood. I read 5 to 10 scripts a week, and 4 out of 5 have nothing else to say about the female lead. Always the same adjectives: beautiful or sexy or some version of it. I started saying to my agents, ‘Don’t send me scripts where the first adjective in the female description is “beautiful.” And if the second is “enigmatic,” throw it in the trash.’ The word ‘enigmatic’ means ‘Her backstory doesn’t matter.’ I fell for that so many times.”
When you take that into consideration, it was a no-brainer that she decided to play Mera. Everyone knows that Mera is very easy on the eyes. But even more so than that, she is known as one of the most strong and powerful women of the DC Universe.
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Check out the pics below, and check out Amber Heard in
Justice League, out now.