Heard was set to reprise her role as Mera, Aquaman’s love interest in the upcoming film Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. But on Tuesday, an anonymous “through” told gossip site Just Jared that the role had been redrafted. “Warner Bros. has decided to reprise the role of Amber Heard after reviewing the film. “They will do reshoots with Jason Momoa and Nicole Kidman,” they said. In a statement to Variety on Tuesday, a spokesman for Herd denied the allegations, saying “the rumors continue as they did from day one – inaccurate, unconscious and slightly insane.” Just Jared later told his story to say that sources close to their production had said that “it was not completely cut from the film. It still has a small role to play. ” However, he insisted that other sources still claim that Mera is being completely reworded. Heard previously starred as Mera in Aquaman’s first film and Justice League. During the defamation suit, Herd claimed that she had to “fight very hard” to retain the role, due to the negative publicity from Depp’s allegations of abuse against her. She told the court that she was given a new version of the sequel script that removed a fight scene, resulting in a “very revised version” of her role. During the trial, DC Films chief Walter Hamada confirmed that the studio had been thinking for a while about renewing Heard’s character in the sequel – not because of allegations of abuse, but because of a lack of chemistry between Heard and Momoa, who pays Aquaman. Hamada denied that the studio had reduced its role in the sequel. Both Herd and Depp’s careers are uncertain after the much-publicized trial sparked a storm of comments on social media. Depp had sued Herd for a Washington Post column in 2018, which he claimed had implied he was abusive to her, despite not being named in the piece. Depp v Heard: the key turning points in the seven-week test – video Earlier this month, Herd was ordered to pay Depp $ 10 million in damages and $ 350,000 in punitive damages after a jury ruled his reputation had been damaged. Depp was ordered to pay Herd $ 2 million after claiming that a Depp press agent had defamed her, calling her allegations a “abuse hoax.” In a preview of an interview to be broadcast on NBC in the US this week, Herd said she felt she had been unfairly treated on social media during the trial. TikTok’s hashtag #justiceforjohnnydepp had nearly 20 billion views while the #justiceforamberheard had about 80 meters. “I do not care what anyone thinks of me or what judgments you want to make about what happened to the privacy of my home, to my marriage, behind closed doors,” he said. “I do not think the average person should know these things. And so I do not take it personally. “But even someone who is sure that I deserve all this hatred and vitriol, even if you think I’m lying, you could not look me in the eye and tell me that you think there was a fair representation on social media. “You can not tell me that you think that was fair.” Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is set to be released worldwide in March 2023.
