Johnny Depp denies he tried to fire Amber Heard from Aquaman

Johnny Depp denied that he tried to fire Amber Heardactress and ex-wife, from Aquaman (2018), according to information from the NME. During the ongoing defamation trial against heardthe actor was questioned as a rebuttal witness by the legal team last Wednesday, 25.

After this questioning, the interpreter of Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean stated how he got in touch with the Warner. “I felt like it was my responsibility to bring the truth to the Warner Bros. about what they’d face ahead: two franchises that would be causing trouble for each other,” he claimed.

deppwho officially divorced from heard in 2017, he talked about how he assured his ex-wife before being cast in Aquaman, so he felt a “responsibility” to let the studio know about the allegations. “On a level yes, it’s just acting, it’s just movies. But, it’s business and it’s their word, and I gave them my word and I felt responsible for having to say exactly what was going on – and it was going to end up ugly,” he added. .

Recently, Amber Heard stated how he had to “fight a lot” to keep the role of mere in Aquaman 2a sequel scheduled for release in 2023. “I received a script and then new versions of the script took out scenes that had action,” he explained about having “reduced” participation in the feature starring Jason Momoa.

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The legal dispute of Amber Heard with the ex-husband Johnny Depp almost cost the actress the role in the sequel Aquamanmovie of A.D. Nonetheless, 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 though, Momoa and the director James Wan were “irreducible” to any other solution to the situation.

“Her world was 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 now. Because every time her name is mentioned, the negativity flares up again,” she explained.

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