Aquaman 2: James Wan explains little screen time for Amber Heard

During the controversial legal battle against her ex-husband Johnny Depp, Amber Heard claimed how he played a role in Mera reduced by Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. However, according to the director James Wanthe character would always have little participation in the sequence starring Jason Momoa (Arthur Curry/Aquaman) It is Patrick Wilson (Orm/Ocean Master).

During an interview with Empire (via TheDirect), the filmmaker commented how he always planned to focus on the story of Aquaman in the characters of Momoa It is Wilson. “It’s fair that [Amber Heard] I said that because she wasn’t in my head when I was working on this film,” he said.

“Actors don’t necessarily know what we [diretores] we think behind the scenes. But that was always my plan,” he continued. Wan. “From the beginning, I proposed that the first film would be something like All for an Emerald (1984) – an action-adventure romantic comedy – while the second would be a buddy comedy. I wanted to do Tango & Cash – The Avengers (1989).”

Aquaman 2: How did Jason Momoa ‘save’ Amber Heard’s role in the film?

The legal dispute over Amber Heard with ex-husband Johnny Depp almost cost the actress her role in the sequel Aquamanfilm by A.D. However, Jason Momoa fought for her not to be removed from the cast, which only resulted in a decrease in the participation of Heard in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023).

According to The Independent, the former producer and current consultant for the film, Kathryn Arnoldrevealed that the testimonies of Depp against Heard had a very negative impact on her career. Even so, Momoa and the director James Wan they were “irreducible” to any other solution to the situation.

“Her world has gone silent in terms of opportunities. Even the things she wanted to work on are no longer available to her. In the public, it has been very negative. In the industry, they like her work, but they can’t work with her right now. Because every time her name is mentioned, the negativity flares up again,” she explained.

In the franchise D.C., Heard gives life to Mera and, previously, he revealed that he also had to fight hard for the role, receiving scripts with fewer and fewer scenes. “I had to fight a lot to stay in the film. They didn’t want to include me. They gave me a script. And then they gave new versions of the script that removed scenes that had action, that showed my character and another character, without giving spoilers, two characters fighting each other. They basically took away a lot of my role. They just removed a bunch.”

The Johnny Depp x Amber Heard case

Depp initiated defamation action in court against Heard after the actress reported experiences of domestic violence in a text for the Washington Post. Over the past three years, both have shared details of alleged assaults.

The controversy generated criticism from both sides and each actor’s career was affected in a different way – Deppfor example, lost the role of Gellert Grindelwald in the franchise Fantastic Beasts. At trial, the two Hollywood stars must once again present their evidence, such as text messages and medical records.