{"id":10422,"date":"2022-05-24T16:51:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10422"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:44:47","slug":"warner-bros-considered-replacing-amber-heard-in-aquaman2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=10422","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Considered Replacing Amber Heard in \u2018Aquaman 2\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Testimony continued this week in the controversial Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial, with the revelation on Tuesday that Warner Bros\/DC was considering dropping Heard from the <em><strong>Aquaman 2<\/strong><\/em> film not because of backlash over her lawsuit but because she allegedly lacked chemistry with the male lead, Jason Momoa.<\/p>\r\n<p>Testifying under oath in a video deposition, Walter Hamada, the head of DC, appeared as a defense witness for Depp, who is being sued for $100 million by Heard. But the studio executive tried to dispel the notion that her allegations of abuse had anything to do with the casting strategy. Heard\u2019s lawyers are arguing, on the other hand, that she nearly lost her role because of the backlash to her claims that Depp had abused her.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThey [Heard and Momoa] didn\u2019t have a lot of chemistry together,\u201d stated Hamada in his deposition. \u201cEditorially they were able to make that relationship work in the first movie, but there was a concern that it took a lot of effort to get there\u2026You know it when you see it, and the chemistry wasn\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Kathryn Arnold, a witness for Heard, further testified that it was only the via intervention of Jason Momoa and director James Wan\u2014both \u201cadamant that she was in the film\u201d\u2014 that she held on to her role. Heard\u2019s lawyers further argue that she should have been able to renegotiate a more lucrative contract due to the box-office success of the two <em><strong>Aquaman<\/strong><\/em> films. Heard got a cool million for the first one and an even cooler $2 million for the second. 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