Amber Heard was cast as one of the leads of the NBC pilot Playboy. An hourlong drama is set in the 1960s heyday of Playboy clubs that popped up in several cities around the country.

Chad Hodge (Tru Calling) penned the script and exec produces with Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo. Twentieth Century Fox TV and Imagine TV are producing.

Originally an orphan from Fort Wayne, Ind., Maureen is a new hire at the Playboy Club. She's an eager, inquisitive young woman with an untethered, unconscious sexuality and a dark, lonely past that makes her fearless.

Pilot Script Overview
The crucial opening sequence simultaneously acknowledges and glides past the seedy, crime-filled streets of 1963 Chicago into the glitz and glamor of the original Playboy Club on Walton St. Outside, a curvy Bunny, uniformed in a one piece, fluffy ears and a tail, greets and verifies the club's elite keyholders, a select group of Windy City gentlemen worthy enough to enter the exclusive establishment.

At the center of the swank and circumstance is Nick Dalton, the Don Draper of the series, a former cleaner for an organized crime family now a smooth, successful attorney who always appears calm on the surface. Well-connected and well-liked, Dalton takes (and gets) what he wants, and that means main attraction and original Bunny, Carol-Lynn (Laura Benanti), who is introduced crooning a sultry rendition of Frank Sinatra's Chicago.

But that's about to change with the arrival of Maureen (Amber Heard), a new cigarette Bunny from Fort Wayne who is as flirtatious as she is naive with the clientele. She catches Dalton's eye while dancing and stealing the spotlight from Carol-Lynn, which sparks an instant rivalry, and it isn't long before Maureen desperately requires his cleaning skills.

Neatly written by Chad Hodge, the first of five acts alone deftly establishes the setting, classy mood, and central love triangle between the suave regular, the queen bee of the Bunnies, and the sexy newcomer. But the subsequent chapters flesh out the story and strong supporting characters that include casual mentions of Playboy patriarch Hugh Hefner; Billy, the push-over club owner being intimidated by the Bianchi family; Alice, the married, motherly Bunny; Janie, a ditsy type likened to Amanda Seyfried in Mean Girls; and Brenda (Naturi Naughton), the sassy, black Bunny with dreams of becoming the first African-American centerfold.

Each character has their own distinct voice and, in most cases, they are harboring a secret, which hints at multiple threads intriguing enough to keep viewers returning for more than just teases of T&A. Aside from the promise of scantily clad ladies, there are allusions to the corrupting influence of the mob, opportunities to follow the revolving door of various keyholders, and the inevitable backroom cattiness and gossip amongst the girls at the club and the Bunny dormitory.

Amber Heard as: Maureen
Additional Cast: Jenna Dewan-Tatum, David Krumholtz, Laura Benanti, Naturi Naughton
Original Airdate: September 19, 2011 (NBC)
Production Status: Currently filming
Creator: Chad Hodge
Genre: Drama

 1x01 - Pilot (Confirmed)

Coming soon!

"Women will love this because it's not like the Playboy we know today. It's not about scientifically-made bodies, these crazy standards we set for women now. It's not about the current idea of Playboy or the current idea of what sexy is for women. Back then, it was pre-surgery and what we're left with is a real form of what a model is, the eve of women's lib and on the cusp of women's revolution, it is the greatest era for music – so all of those things will come into play in the pilot and be part of the story as well."
- Amber Heard

"Playboy is a mix of Mad Men meets Chicago, or Moulin Rouge! meets The Sopranos. It's a crime drama centered around the Playboy clubs of Chicago in the 1960s."
- Amber Heard

"I didn't anticipate jumping into TV, but this was so good that it got my interest. It's a period piece and it was a truly special project to work on. I got into this business to visit strange worlds and be strange people, and a story set in the Playboy Club in 1960s Chicago is about a different as it gets. It's very provocative and sexy – Civil Rights era, Women's Lib is on the horizon, the sexual revolution is going on. It's like The Sopranos and Mad Men Meet Moulin Rouge."
- Amber Heard

Pending release.