Amber Heard inAquaman(2018).Photo: Warner Bros/DC/Kobal/Shutterstock
Amber Heard’s character Mera made a brief appearance in a trailer forAquaman and the Lost Kingdomshown atCinemaCon 2023.
During the convention for movie-theater industry members, Warner Bros. Pictures teased its upcoming slates of big-screen releases, including the next DC Studios projects.
The first trailer for theAquamansequel, shown exclusively to those in attendance on Tuesday, showedJason Momoa,Patrick Wilsonand Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s return, as well as Heard’s comeback as Mera. The trailer has not yet been released to the public.
In June, a rep for the actressdenied reports that Heard, 37, had been cutfromAquaman and the Lost Kingdom, saying at the time, “The rumor mill continues as it has from day one — inaccurate, insensitive, and slightly insane.”
That report came after a jury in Virginia sided mostly with Heard’s ex-husbandJohnny Deppin his defamation case against her. She has sincereached a settlement with Deppand both parties have called off their appeals of the verdict.
Amber Heard in 2018.Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty
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During that trial, Heard testified she “fought really hard to stay in"Aquaman’s sequel when “they didn’t want to include me in the film.” She also said her part as Mera was “very pared down.”
“I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it, that depicted my character and another character — without giving any spoilers away — two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role. They just removed a bunch out,” she said on the stand.
Jason Momoa; Amber Heard.JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty; Lawrence Busacca/Getty
Additionally, Heard’s talent agent Jessica Kovacevic testified that she was told Heard received a smaller part in the sequelbecause of her “lack of chemistry” with costarMomoa, 43. Kovacevic, however, said she felt the negative press and online attacks directed at Heard amid the Depp controversies were to blame for the studio distancing itself from her.
“The character’s involvement in the story was what it was from the beginning,” he said of Mera’s importance in the “buddy-comedy” sequel, which follows “co-leads” Momoa and Wilson.
When asked what issues were had with Heard in the making ofAquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Hamada said, “My understanding is actually the production went very smoothly.”
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdomis in theaters Dec. 20.
source: people.com
