“Aquman” from 2018 turned out to be a real goldmine for Warner Bros. Pictures. The production very quickly became the highest-grossing production from the DC universe in history. The film cost the studio $160 million and managed to earn over a billion dollars! Therefore, the creation of the second part was almost certain. However, in the meantime, there was a problem with Amber Heard, who played Mera. The actress became the heroine of a major scandal by participating in a public trial with Johnny Depp.
Many of the actor’s fans stood behind him and decided to make it difficult for Heard to return to the second part of the production. A petition was created on the Internet demanding the removal of the actress from the production, signed by hundreds of thousands of users. In recent years, there has been a lot of speculation that the actress’ scenes would be cut, which was quickly denied. However, now “” has published an article that illustrates the scale of absurdity that took place on the set of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”.
The titular “Aquaman” was supposed to come to work dressed as… Depp!
According to the American magazine, Depp’s fans had to pay court fees to gain access to documents collected in the “trial of the decade”, which they later decided to post on Reddit. In fact, these are the notes of Amber Heard’s doctor, Dr. Dawn Hughes, who recorded, among others: details from the toxic work environment that was supposed to be the film set of the latest “Aquaman”.
Jason Momoa was reportedly under the influence of alcohol and dressed up as Johnny Depp to influence Heard’s departure from the production. “Jason said he wanted me fired,” one entry read. “Jason drunk. Late on set. Dressed as Johnny. He even has all the rings,” is another message from the court documents.
The “Aquaman” star did not comment on the allegations in any way, but Variety journalists managed to reach a DC spokesman who said that Momoa was a professional on the set of the film, and if he drank alcohol, he only drank beer in the company of his co-workers. Another person close to the actors reportedly said that the duo Heard and Momoa were supposed to be on friendly terms while working on the production.
Elon Musk also has his two cents in this drama
However, these are not the only reports from the set of the second part of “Aquaman”. Amber Heard allegedly told her therapist that the film’s director was treating her badly. Thanks to this, many media say that the reports that the filmmakers wanted to remove her from the cast before the “trial of the decade” happened have been confirmed. The reasons given at that time were the lack of chemistry between the characters played by Momoa and Heard.
Elon Musk, who was the actress’s partner at the time, is said to be involved in all this. The billionaire allegedly sent letters to the management of Warner Bros. Pictures with serious threats. He allegedly threatened that he would “burn this house down” if Amber Heard did not appear in the sequel to “Aquaman”. So far, the businessman has not commented on this information.
The production is scheduled to hit American cinemas just before Christmas, on December 20, 2023. However, it is still unknown what will happen to Heard’s character. The trailer published in September does not show her character at all, and according to Variety, at least two scenes with Mera played by Amber Heard were cut from the film (the fight with Black Manta and the love scene with Momoa).
Source: Gazeta
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