Lily-Rose Depp is trying to make it in Hollywood on her own terms.
The 23-year-old model — who is the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis — refutes the “nepotism baby” label in the film biz and doesn’t want to be defined by it.
“I just hear it a lot more about women, and I don’t think that it’s a coincidence,” she noted in a recent ELLE profile.
“The King” actress continued: “It’s weird to me to reduce somebody to the idea that they’re only there because it’s a generational thing.
“It just doesn’t make any sense. If somebody’s mom or dad is a doctor, and then the kid becomes a doctor, you’re not going to be like, ‘Well, you’re only a doctor because your parent is a doctor.’ It’s like, ‘No, I went to medical school and trained,’ ” Depp added.
Depp acknowledged that her “childhood didn’t look like everybody’s childhood.
“It’s a very particular thing to deal with, but it’s also the only thing that I know,” Depp explained. “The Internet seems to care a lot about that kind of stuff. People are going to have preconceived ideas about you.”
She went on to point out how the internet “cares a lot more about who your family is than the people who are casting you in things.
“Maybe you get your foot in the door, but you still just have your foot in the door. There’s a lot of work that comes after that,” Depp said.
She stated, “I also think that I’m not here to answer for anybody, and I feel like for a lot of my career, people have really wanted to define me by the men in my life, whether that’s my family members or my boyfriends, whatever. And I’m really ready to be defined for the things that I put out there.”
The “Silent Night” star will next be seen in a remake of “Nosferatu.” The film is an adaption of the 1922 German horror flick.
Depp will appear alongside actor Bill Skarsgard — who will play the titular character.
“The Northman” filmmaker Robert Eggers will write and direct the new feature.