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A Shot of ‘Rum’ for Amber Heard

Producer’s behind the film-to-screen realization of Hunter S. Thompson’ The Rum Diary are going with an appealing choice for their bikini clad female co-lead. Thanks to similar roles that saw the actress in matching attire or in intoxicated states, I guess the choice to go with an Amber Heard is a sound choice considering that this is a small production already benefiting from an A-lister in Depp.

Eric Lavallée

Published on February 5, 2009

Finally after being tied up Pirates of the Caribbean commitments, the long-gestating project that Johnny Depp has wanted to do for ages is actually underway. Tim Burton please refrain from calling for a little while.

Producer’s behind the film-to-screen realization of Hunter S. Thompson’ The Rum Diary are going with an appealing choice for their bikini clad female co-lead. Thanks to similar roles that saw the actress in matching attire or in intoxicated states, I guess the choice to go with an Amber Heard is a sound choice considering that this is a small production already benefiting from an A-lister in Depp.

With filming set to begin March 30th in Puerto Rico, Heard is in negotiations to play one third of a love triangle – aka, Chenault. Except the casting of “Sanderson” to be unveiled sometime soon. Bruce Robinson directs.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).