Celebrity Celebrity Weddings Celebrity Wedding Ceremonies & Receptions Amber Heard's Love for Newlywed Johnny Depp Has 'Changed His Life,' Friend Says The stars are expected to celebrate their nuptials in the Bahamas this weekend By Michele Corriston Michele Corriston Michele Corriston is the Director of Platforms Strategy of PEOPLE. She has worked at PEOPLE since 2014. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 7, 2015 02:30PM EST Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty They married quietly earlier this week, but Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are preparing for a bigger wedding blowout in the Bahamas this weekend. As the actors prepare to say “I do” – again! – in front of friends and family, those closest to them remember why Hollywood’s bad boy fell for his Rum Diary costar in the first place. “She is a free thinker,” a longtime friend of Depp’s tells PEOPLE. “Her presence has changed his life.” Depp, 51, and Heard, 28, got engaged in 2012 after heating up the screen as on-screen lovers in the Hunter S. Thompson adaptation a year earlier. The key to their lasting romance, an entertainment source says, is that being with Heard is so different from Depp’s past relationships. “Amber is a woman who can survive just fine without him,” the source tells PEOPLE. “She is not needy. He likes that.” • Reporting by LINDA MARX Johnny Depp: His Changing Looks Close