oct 2, 2011 - LA TIMES MAGAZINE In The Driver’s Seat Amber Heard INTERVIEW PHOTO FEATURE

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She's clearly someone who enjoys playing against type. If you're confused by her, good: Heard does not enjoy being put in a box-not in her work and certainly not in her personal life, which in recent weeks has drawn even more
attention than her myriad projects. "I exist in many different shades of gray," she says. "And I exist, in many aspects of my life, in much more complex ways than I believe a label allows." She smiles. "Not that I'm uncomfortable with one."

This season, Heard is especially hard to pin down. First, she's headlining The Playboy Club, a new NBC drama. Her character, Maureen the Bunny, seems like stock stuff: the new girl, freshly arrived in Chicago from corn country. But Heard' interpretation is decidedly more calculated-a fame-hungry climber biding her time among lovelorn sales- men and two-bit local capos. The result is an unusually un-
predictable role for network television.

"Maureen started out more innocent and naive, but Amber brought something much bolder and proactive," says show creator Chad Hodge. "Most actors are just concerned with showing the best versions of themselves onscreen, but
she wanted to make this character different."

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