The head of the DC Comics division of the Warner Bros. studio, Walter Hamada, assured this Tuesday that the producer of him cut & oacute; the scenes of the sequel to “Aquaman” in which I appeared to Amber Heard for hers “hers;lack of chemistry” with the protagonist, Jason Momoa.
According to this director, the bad press that the actress was dragging due to her turbulent relationship with Johnny Depp, whom she accuses of sexist violence, was not decisive in reducing the minutes that she would appear on the film, thus contradicting the film. Heard’s version.
The statement of the manager, whose recorded statement was projected This Tuesday in the trial between Depp and Heard for defamation, it is an accolade to the version of the former’s lawyers.
Specifically, Depp accuses his ex-wife of defamation for an article that she published. in The Washington Post in 2018, after her divorce, in which she claimed to have suffered “domestic abuse” after her divorce. without mentioning him. The actor asks for 50 million dollars as compensation.
For his part, Heard replied & oacute; with a counterclaim in which he alleges that Depp has promoted a defamation campaign against him for which he would have lost papers and claims 100 million.
According to Hamada, the few appearances of Heard in the sequel to “Aquaman”, whose premiere is planned for next year, they were already decided in advance.
“The magnitude of their role was in the early development of the script, which was in 2018 I would say. The participation of the character in the story was more or less the same from the beginning, “he explained. the manager.
They even considered the possibility of replacing the actress due to the lack of “chemistry” with Momoa, the protagonist of the film, in the first installment of the saga.
“There was a concern that it took It took a lot of effort and therefore it would be better if we went back to find someone who had better and more natural chemistry with Jason Momoa,” he testified.
The first film of “Aquaman”, released in 2018, was a resounding box office success that was the most important work in the career of Heard, who signed the for a sequel but later regretted it. his scarce appearance in the script of the same.
The trial between Heard and Depp faces its last week before the popular jury meets to deliberate.
Wednesday he will intervene. the model Kate Moss as a witness at the request of Depp’s lawyers, with whom she had a romantic relationship between 1994 and 1998.