“If people still want to talk s— or see me in a certain way, then that’s not my problem,” the ‘Nosferatu’ actress said

From L: Johnny Depp in in Cannes, France, on May 17, 2023; Lily-Rose Depp in Los Angeles on Nov. 9, 2023; Vanessa Paradis in Paris on Jan. 24, 2023. Photo: 

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Lily-Rose Depp isn’t letting the haters under her skin.

The Nosferatu actress, who is the daughter of actor Johnny Depp and singer Vanessa Paradis, discussed in a recent interview with Vanity Fair how she handles critics who bring up nepotism.

Lily-Rose, 25, said, “I love acting. If people still want to talk s— or see me in a certain way, then that’s not my problem. I’ve had to grow into that feeling as well.”

Johnny, 61, and Paradis, 51, “are these incredible artists and I have grown up with that,” she added. “Respecting them both so much and what they do, and trying to find my own identity in this world, has been interesting when everybody’s thinking that you’re here for the wrong reasons or that you don’t deserve to be here.”

The way she sees it? “You either can sit there and cry about it and be like, ‘This isn’t fair!’ or you can be like, ‘Okay, I’m just going to work really, really hard and do the best that I can,’ ” said Lily-Rose, who is sister to Jack, 22.

Lily-Rose and Johnny Depp in Los Angeles on Jan. 12, 2016 (L); Vanessa Paradis and Lily-Rose Depp in Paris on March 5, 2018.

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Lily-Rose is not new to the big screen, having appeared in films like Yoga Hosers (2016), Planetarium (2016) and Silent Night (2021), as well as in a lead role on HBO’s 2023 series The Idol.

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu sees the actress as Ellen Hutter, who leads “a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake,” according to a synopsis.

Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson and Simon McBurney also star in the movie, which is a remake of the 1922 German silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.

In her interview with Vanity Fair, Lily-Rose said the hardest part of the role has been “getting over the imposter syndrome of, like, ‘Why am I here and why do these people think that I can do this?’ “

Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu (2024).

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“Getting to a place where I felt confident enough within myself to be like, ‘I can do this and I am here for a reason,’ I definitely have struggled with that,” she admitted. “Humility is incredibly important, especially in this business. In a way, I always want to feel like I’m just starting out and like I still have so much to learn — which is how I do feel.”

Lily-Rose also said she feels as if “people have been ready to see me fail, in a way, since I was a kid” — which is something that “has made me only want to work harder and prove people wrong.”

“Not in a vindictive way at all, but just in a sense of, like, fuel to my fire. I do want to prove that I’m a hard worker and I’m not here for anything else but to work hard,” she continued.

And in Nosferatu, “I’m surrounded by all these amazing actors who I’ve always looked up to,” Lily-Rose added. “I definitely was walking in being like, ‘Oh my God, I am so out of my depth.’ But you just have to be like, ‘You know what? I may feel this way, but I have to go to work tomorrow.’ “