Amber Heard has insisted that her position within the upcoming “Aquaman” sequel was drastically in the reduction of after her ex-husband Johnny Depp launched a smear marketing campaign in opposition to her by saying she lied about abuse allegations.
However in a brand new blow for the actress, the high-powered head of DC Movies testified Tuesday that the star’s position within the big-budget flick was under no circumstances impacted by innuendo surrounding her tumultuous marriage to Depp.
Walter Hamada made the declare through video hyperlink on the former couple’s blockbuster defamation trial in Virginia.
Hamada — who has been president of DC Movies since 2018 — alleged it was at all times meant for Heard to have a smaller position within the movie franchise.
Nevertheless, he added that producers have been so “involved” a few lack of chemistry between Heard and co-star Jason Momoa within the first “Aquaman” movie that they even thought-about recasting her within the sequel.
“I feel editorially they have been capable of make that relationship work within the first film,” the film boss acknowledged. “However there was a priority that it took quite a lot of effort to get there and that might we be higher off discovering somebody with extra pure chemistry with Jason Momoa and transfer ahead that method.”
Though Heard managed to maintain her spot within the sequel, she alleged that her position was considerably decreased.
“I used to be given a script after which given new variations of the script that had taken away scenes…they principally took a bunch out of my position. They simply eliminated a bunch out,” Heard testified final week.
Nevertheless, Hamada instantly disputed that declare, saying she was at all times alleged to be a minor character within the sequel.
“The scale of the position within the movie that she had was decided within the early improvement of the script, which might be in 2018,” he alleged. “The character’s involvement within the story was type of what it was from the start.”
“From the early phases of the event of the script, the film was constructed across the character of Arthur [Momoa] and the character of Orm [Patrick Wilson],” Hamada additional acknowledged.
On Monday, Heard’s authorized group introduced leisure trade advisor Kathryn Arnold as a witness, who mentioned Heard was paid $2 million for the sequel — a sum negotiated across the time that the primary “Aquaman” movie got here out in 2018.
Nevertheless, the advisor mentioned the actress would have been capable of renegotiate for as much as $6 million, had it not been for Depp and his lawyer Adam Waldman defaming her by calling her accusations of abuse a “hoax.”
Arnold claimed Heard’s incomes capability and negotiating powers have been considerably diminished by these claims, which started circulating in 2020.
However Hamada additional insisted on Tuesday that the actress’s compensation was under no circumstances impacted by the claims made by Depp and Waldman.
In the meantime, for the reason that trial began, greater than 4 million Depp followers have flocked to signal a petition urging DC Movies to drop Heard from “Aquaman 2” altogether.
The highly-anticipated movie is about for launch subsequent March. The primary “Aquaman” movie — launched in 2018 — was a field workplace smash, grossing greater than $1 billion throughout the globe.
Depp is suing Heard for defamation over a 2018 Washington Submit op-ed that the actress wrote, wherein she mentioned she was a sufferer of sexual violence.
She didn't particularly identify Depp within the article, however it was written after Heard filed a restraining order in opposition to her now-ex-husband in 2016 over abuse allegations.
Depp is looking for $50 million in damages. Heard has filed a $100 million countersuit.
Post a Comment