Amber Heard is being cut out of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (aka Aquaman 2) and her role of Mera will be recast, sources exclusively tell JustJared.com.
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Johnny Depp has denied that he tried to get ex-wife Amber Heard fired from Aquaman.During the ongoing defamation trial against Heard, Depp was questioned on Wednesday (May 25) as a rebuttal witness by her legal team.Asked about allegations that he tried to get his ex-wife fired from the 2018 film, Depp claimed he contacted Warner Bros. about his split from Heard and the domestic violence allegations to warn the studio about potential negative press around Aquaman and the Fantastic Beasts franchise.Speaking at the trial (via TheWrap), Depp said: “I felt that it was my responsibility to get the truth to Warner Bros.
about what they were going to end up facing down the line which is two franchises that would be causing problems for one another.”Depp, who officially divorced Heard in 2017, said he vouched for his ex-wife before she was cast in Aquaman, so he felt a “responsibility” to warn them about the allegations.He added: “On one level yes, it’s just acting, it’s just movies. But, it’s business and it’s your word, and I had given my word to them and I felt responsible that I had to tell them exactly what was going on and that it was going to end up ugly.”Heard recently claimed she had to “fight really hard” to keep her role as Mera in the upcoming Aquaman sequel, set to be released in March next year.Speaking about her role being “pared down” for the sequel, Heard said: “I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it.”She added: “They basically took a bunch out of my role.
Amber Heard is being cut out of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (aka Aquaman 2) and her role of Mera will be recast, sources exclusively tell JustJared.com.
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Trigger warning: This article deals with topics including domestic abuse which may be upsetting to some readers.Celebrities across the globe have been divided by Johnny Depp's US$10.4 million victory over Amber Heard in a defamation case.WATCH: Depp files legal documents claiming he 'never touched' HeardNews of Depp's win broke on Wednesday in the US, with stars like Amy Schumer and Ashley Benson voicing very different opinions on the outcome.While some A-listers have celebrated Depp's victory, others are continuing to stand with Heard as she claims the case could have a negative impact on women who have been victims of domestic violence.In a statement released after the verdict, Heard said: "I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback.
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reached 4.429 million signatures as of Wednesday morning — with the originally announced target set at 4.5 million. The Change.org petition was created by fan Jeanne Larson in 2020: “Do the right thing. Remove Amber Heard from Aquaman 2,” she wrote in the list description.Heard, 36, has been intertwined in a controversial court battle with her ex-husband Johnny Depp, 58. The former couple have been at war in a Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom for a $50 million defamation trial.
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Amber Heard allegedly has Jason Momoa to thank for keeping her role in, according to industry expert Kathryn Arnold.Arnold testified in court on Monday during day 20 of Johnny Depp's lawsuit against his ex-wife, where she claimed that Heard's role had been diminished in the second movie, and testified that this usually wouldn't be the case if an actress was a success in the first film. Heard was paid $1 million for the first film, and was set to be paid $2 million for the second. However, after Depp's lawyer, Adam Waldman, called Heard's claims of abuse a «hoax,» Arnold claims that Heard suffered significant career damage.Arnold further claims that Heard's salary for the second movie could have been higher if not for the statements made by Waldman, and she has not been involved in the promotion for the new film — which ultimately hurts her career as well.Arnold claims that Momoa was able to renegotiate his salary for the second film to $15 million, up from $3 million which he got for the first, but Heard never got a similar opportunity for that sort of financial bump.
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