Who is Rain Turner? Amber Heard?
So if you've read Brett Easton Ellis' new novel Imperial Bedrooms much of it involves the narrator Clay casting actresses for his film The Listeners which is pretty obviously this film, and there is an actress at the heart of the new novel who is beautiful but talentless but who causes a lot of havoc in the novel. She is described as a generic blonde beauty who looks like so many other girls in Hollywood and yet has a sensuality that drives men wild.
I am no familiar with this actress haven't seen the film version of Informers yet although I read the book, so I'm curious if anyone who has seen the film and read Imperial Bedrooms thinks that Amber Heard fits the bill as a Rain Turner character.
In the book, Rain is campaigning for a role that seems like it's Christie but she ends up getting a bit part as the sister of the part she wants (Martina) and she is shown topless in the film and this is her main contribution according to Clay. Is there any other blonde actress here who is topless? Is there a sister character?
From reading the message boards, I see Amber is topless in the film,and she certainly fits the blonde beauty description of Rain, but I wonder if there is another blonde actress who might be Rain. Was Amber Heard ever linked to the author? In the book, Rain is linked to directors/producers/writers/anyone who can get ahead. I realize that Rain Turner might not have an actual real life counterpart, but since Ellis does so many things with Jamie Gertz and other real life people in his novels, that it feels like he's flirting with the reader daring us to guess who is Rain. Yes, he even mentioned IMDB in relation to her.
Can Amber Heard act? That would seem to be the key to see if Rain is based on her since Rain is said to be a horrible actress who ruins every scene she is in.