Aquaman 2: This star of the film was also disappointed

Aquaman 2: This star of the film was also disappointed



Amber Heard’s presence at the center of criticism

We can’t say Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a real success in cinema. Even before its release in theaters, the film directed by James Wan and starring Jason Momoa seemed to announce itself a failure for DC. In question, the numerous delays related to production, changing the release dates but also the presence of Amber Heard, which divided fans. Many have done it called for a boycott of the film thanks to the presence of the actress. But the importance of Mera, her character in the film, has been significantly reduced.

Faced with the “failure” ofAquaman 2, which has grossed just over $378 million worldwide to date, Amber Heard spoke. A few days ago she talked about it on Instagram. In your opinion, many scenes in which they appeared were cut during editing. “ They basically took a lot of my role and just erased it », writes the actress who also criticizes the numerous revisions of the screenplay.

Aquaman 2 : Dolph Lundgren criticizes the production choices

The fallen actress isn’t the only one criticizing different versions of the script. More recently, she is Dolph Lundgren who in turn criticized the film’s production. In the columns of Comic book (through Screen triggering), the star of Rocky 4 and of Consumer goods: special unit reported his disappointment with the final version retained by the studio. He thinks the director’s cut is better, but it’s not the one that plays in theaters.

Dolph Lundgren-Aquaman 2©Warner Bros.
Dolph Lundgren-Aquaman 2©Warner Bros.

Then he talks about the shortened Amber Heard scenes he had an impact on your rolethat of King Nereus:

I just realized that it was some kind of decision by the higher-ups who were trying to limit (the presence of) Amber Heard, and since I played her father I accepted it. I was just disappointed for the viewers, because I thought the original script was fantastic and the original cut – I saw a little bit of it – was really good, so I didn’t see any reason to start redoing shots and reshaping the story, which obviously it caused disappointment among the fans and not just me.

For the moment, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom it grossed just over $378 million at the worldwide box office. It does better than The flash and it could limit the damage to 400 million.

Source: Cine Serie

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