In “In the Fire” – Amber Heard’s first film since losing her legal battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp – she plays a “fearless fortune teller whose beliefs lead to her being dragged, whipped and beaten through the public eye.”
“And that’s what I see in Amber,” director Conor Allyn told Rolling Stone last Friday.
“I see a fearless truthteller whose beliefs have given her the 2022-2023 version of this, carried through social media on a global, epic scale.”
The 37-year-old actress portrays Dr. Grace Burnham, a woman who sparks a war between science and religion because of her treatment of a “demonic” boy murderer on a remote plantation in the 1890s.
In a key scene, Grace is asked under hypnosis “what her lie is,” and she replies, “That I am a fraud.” That I repeat the teachings of great men but am not one of them. That I travel to the edge of the world to prove myself, only to fail.’
Art imitates life? In “In the Fire” – Amber Heard’s first film since losing her legal battle with her ex-husband Johnny Depp – she plays a “fearless truth-teller whose beliefs lead to her being dragged, whipped and beaten through the public eye.”
Director Conor Allyn (right, pictured June 24) told Rolling Stone last Friday: “And that’s what I see in Amber.” I see a fearless truthteller whose convictions give her the 2022-2023 version of that that is being carried on a global, epic scale through social media.
The 33-year-old filmmaker almost cut the scene entirely because he realized it sounded too much “like a meme” that flooded social media during Amber’s six-week defamation trial in 2022, which was livestreamed.
The 87-minute film has grossed just $21,014 at the global box office since opening in limited U.S. theaters last Friday.
“In the Fire” currently has a dismal 11% critic score (from nine reviews) and a 29% audience score (from over 100 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes.
“The first thing she said was, ‘I’m so sorry this happened and that my personal baggage might have hurt the film,'” Conor recalled.
“She called me to apologize and that tells me everything I need to know about her character.”
Allyn added, “And it just seemed so surreal that this person who had just been through everything was apologizing to me for a movie. “Look, I love what I’m doing, but it’s ruining her life and she’s kicking still sticks up for me and takes the blame.”
Last year, one of the seven jurors who unanimously ruled in Depp’s favor over Heard said she simply “didn’t come across as credible” and stressed that “social media had no influence on us.”
“Some people said we were bribed. That is not true. Social media had no influence on us. “We followed the evidence,” he told Good Morning America.
Action! The 37-year-old actress portrays Dr. Grace Burnham, a woman who sparks a war between science and religion because of her treatment of a “demonic” boy murderer on a remote plantation in the 1890s
The 33-year-old filmmaker recalled the six-week defamation trial, which was livestreamed in 2022: “The first thing that came out of her mouth was, ‘I’m so sorry that this happened and that my personal baggage is subject to this.’ could harm the film.” She called me to apologize.
Connor continued, “And it just seemed so surreal that this person who had just been through everything was apologizing to me for a movie. “Look, I love what I’m doing, but it’s ruining her life and she’s kicking still sticks up for me and takes the blame.”
Yikes! The 87-minute film currently has a dismal approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes of 11% among critics (from nine reviews) and 29% among viewers (from over 100 reviews).
“We didn’t take anything from the outside into account.” [the courtroom]. We just looked at the evidence. These were very serious allegations involving a lot of money. So we didn’t take it lightly.’
The tipping point for many on the jury was when the Spanish-based Texan claimed she had only “pledged” to donate her entire $7 million divorce settlement to charity, despite previously claiming she had done so in 2018 Dutch television and in their UK 2020 defamation case.
“The fact is she didn’t disclose much of it at all,” the juror said. “It was disingenuous.”
The juror also wasn’t sure why a domestic violence victim bought her allegedly abusive 60-year-old husband a large knife marked “Until Death.”
“If you have an abused wife or spouse, why would you buy the other person, the ‘aggressor,’ a knife?” he asked.
“If you really wanted to help Johnny Depp get off drugs, why are you doing drugs around him?”
Another key moment in the trial was when Amber accidentally referred to her makeup palette as a “bruising kit” to cover up the alleged abuse.
“Not a bruise kit, it’s a theatrical makeup kit, a color correction kit.” “But I called it my bruise kit,” Heard tried to explain.
‘We followed the evidence’: Last year, one of the seven jurors who unanimously ruled in favor of Depp over Heard said she simply ‘didn’t come across as credible’ and stressed that ‘social media had no influence on us’.
‘Equivalent’? The turning point for many on the jury was when the Spanish-based Texan claimed she had only “pledged” to donate her entire $7 million divorce settlement to charity, despite previously appearing on Dutch television in 2018 (pictured) had claimed she had “donated” her libel case in the UK in 2020
The juror said: “The fact is she didn’t reveal much of it at all. ‘It was disingenuous’
“Why would you buy the ‘aggressor’ a knife?” The juror was also confused as to why a domestic violence victim would buy her allegedly abusive 60-year-old husband a large knife marked “Until Death.”
“I called it my bruise set”: Another key moment in the trial was when Amber accidentally named her makeup palette to cover up the alleged misuse of her “bruise set.”
Smoking gun: The actual “bruise kit” the bisexual blonde used was clearly visible at the bottom of one of the many pictures of the three-time Oscar nominee passing out as she appeared as a witness
Victim: And while there was no evidence during the trial that Johnny had abused anything other than kitchen cabinets, there was ample evidence that he was in the emergency room in Australia after Amber threw a bottle of booze at him and severed the tip of his finger had
The actual “bruise kit” the bisexual blonde used was clearly visible below in one of the many pictures of the three-time Oscar nominee, who passed out as she appeared as a witness.
And while there was no evidence during the trial that Johnny abused anything other than kitchen cabinets, there was ample evidence that he was in the emergency room in Australia after Amber threw a bottle of booze at him and severed the tip of his finger.
“You weren’t beaten; You’ve been hit. “I’m sorry I hit you like that, but I didn’t hit you,” Heard admitted in an audio recording.
“I didn’t fucking finish you.” I fucking hit you. I don’t know what the movement of my actual hand was. But you’re alright. I didn’t hurt you. I didn’t hit you. I hit you. I’m not going to sit here and talk about it, am I? You are. That’s the difference between me and you. You’re damned, baby. You’re such a baby. Grow up, Johnny.’
Elon Musk’s baby mama reportedly earned $2 million to reprise her role as Queen of Atlantis Mera in Warner Bros.’ $205 million sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” out Dec. 20 in in US cinemas and in UK cinemas on December 26th.
Director James Wan reportedly cut at least two scenes featuring Amber from the film, reportedly due to a “lack of chemistry” with Jason Momoa, and a fan petition calling for their removal received 4.6 million signatures on Change.org.
Will the audience watch? Heard reportedly earned $2 million to reprise her role as Queen of Atlantis Mera in Warner Bros.’ $205 million sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” which opens in the U.S. on Dec. 20. Cinemas and hits UK cinemas on December 26th
Repressed? Director James Wan (3-L) reportedly cut at least two scenes featuring Amber from the film, reportedly due to a “lack of chemistry” with Jason Momoa (M), and a fan petition calling for their removal was received on Change.org 4.6 million signatures