Amber Heard Reveals Her Scenes in “Aquaman 2” Were “Heavily Cut”

Last Updated on 05/17/2022 by てんしょく飯

Amber Heard claims that a smear campaign orchestrated by her ex-husband Johnny Depp threatened her career and led to her scenes in “Aquaman 2” being cut drastically.

Amber Heard Talks About “Aquaman 2”

On May 16 (local time), Amber Heard took the stand again at the trial in which actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, for defamation, claiming that her legal battle with Johnny has led to her scenes in the sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (“Aquaman 2”), scheduled for release in December 2022, being significantly reduced. ), which is scheduled to be released in December 2022, due to a legal battle with Johnny.

Claiming that her reputation was tarnished by a smear campaign orchestrated by Johnny and that she was labeled a liar by the press, Amber said, “I lost my opportunity. （I was removed from my work [as an actor] and from advertising campaigns. I fought to keep my job and my best chance to be in ‘Justice League’ and ‘Aquaman. As for “Justice League,” it was right around the time of my divorce, so I had to fight hard to stay,” he continued, “I signed on to appear in ‘Justice League,’ which was structured like a three-picture option and was the first time my character (Mera) appeared. I did. It’s a small amount compared to what I would have been paid for other options or for appearing in other films under my umbrella. The contract for “Justice League” was ambiguous, it could be “Justice League 2,” it could be “Aquaman,” or it could be another film in the DC Universe, resulting in a second “Aquaman” and a third “Aquaman 2. And each time, the fee was to increase,” he explained about the contract he signed.

Amber also explained that she had managed to get into “Aquaman 2” despite the fact that some fans had signed a petition to get her out of the film, but Warner Bros.

After being called a liar by Johnny’s lawyers, communication with Warner Bros. “stopped,” she said, and she ended up appearing in a “greatly scaled-down version” of her character Mera in “Aquaman 2″ than the story she had originally planned.

After they gave me the script, they gave me a new version of the script, and I don’t want to spoil it, but they removed some of the action scenes where my character and another character fight,” he said. A lot of roles were taken away from my character and a lot of scenes were cut.

However, Warner Bros. was reluctant to allow Amber to appear in “Aquaman 2” because Walter Hamada, president of DC Films, was concerned about the lack of chemistry between the lead actor, Jason Momoa, and Amber, and was concerned about that in the production of the sequel. Amber’s testimony. Incidentally, EW has asked Warner Bros. to comment on Amber’s testimony, but they did not respond by the deadline.

As we have reported daily, Johnny is seeking $50 million in damages on the grounds that Amber accused him of domestic violence in a 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post, in which she did not name him but identified him as Johnny, was defamatory. Amber is suing Johnny for $100 million for conducting a smear campaign to damage her career and reputation.