Actor Amber Heard, confirming suspicions, mentioned that she is going to seem in ‘a really pared-down model’ of her function as Mera in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Heard appeared as the feminine lead within the first movie, which went on to make over $1 billion on the field workplace. She mentioned throughout her defamation trial in opposition to former husband Johnny Depp that the detrimental publicity led to her function within the superhero sequel being decreased.
“I fought really hard to stay in the movie. They didn’t want to include me in the film,” she mentioned, based on a number of studies. She added, “I used to be given a script after which given new variations of the script that had taken away scenes that had motion in it that depicted my character and one other character — with out giving any spoilers away — two characters preventing with each other. They mainly took a bunch out of my function. They simply eliminated a bunch out.”
Rumors of Heard’s function being decreased have been doing the rounds for years. Depp, in the meantime, was requested to go away the Fantastic Beasts franchise and has testified in courtroom that Heard’s feedback in opposition to him have affected his profession. Heard has accused Depp of home violence and sexual assault. He has denied the allegations, and has mentioned that it was Heard who hit him. He sued her for $50 million, and Heard countersued for $100 million.
She mentioned that she was paid $1 million for the primary Aquaman film, and $2 million for the second. In the aftermath of her authorized troubles, she mentioned, she has appeared in just one impartial movie, for which she was paid $65,000.
During the courtroom proceedings, she additionally spoke about her first assembly with Elon Musk, with whom she was accused of getting an affair. She mentioned that they met on the Met Gala, the place she was ‘successfully stood up’ by Depp on the pink carpet. “I did not acknowledge him till we began speaking. He’d jogged my memory we would met as soon as earlier than. We spoke on the pink carpet within the ready line. He appeared like an actual gentleman,” she mentioned about Musk.
The first Aquaman film was launched in 2018. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is scheduled for a March 2023 launch. Both movies star Jason Momoa within the lead function, and are directed by James Wan.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
