In accordance with her expertise agent, Amber Heard was nearly fired from the extremely anticipated movie Aquaman 2.
Following the actress’ highly-publicised defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp, vital quantities of viewers petitioned Warner Bros. to have her faraway from the movie’s sequel.
Jessica Kovacevic, Heard’s expertise agent, testified this week and mentioned Warner Bros. claimed it was Heard’s “lack of chemistry” together with her co-star Jason Momoa that nearly had her dropped from the film.
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In her pre-recorded deposition, Kovacevic touched on Heard’s appearing profession amid her divorce from Depp, saying that the 36-year-old’s profession ought to have taken off after the 2018 blockbuster movie Aquaman, which grossed over $1 billion USD ($1.42 billion AUD).
The agent mentioned the “on-line rumours” which contended Warner Bros. wished to interchange Heard, and in addition mentioned she believed that the unhealthy publicity surrounding Heard and Depp’s courtroom case inevitably result in studio doubts concerning the actress sustaining her position as Queen Mera.
Kovacevic supplied her personal opinion, saying she believed the studio did not “need to rent somebody who has unhealthy press,” including, “Nobody desires that affiliation.”
This comes after Heard claimed that she misplaced many profession alternatives amid her authorized battle with the Pirates of the Caribbean actor.
“I misplaced alternatives. I received dropped from jobs and campaigns. I fought to maintain my job and the most important film alternative I needed to date [with] Justice League with the choice to [star in] Aquaman,” she mentioned.
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“I needed to combat actually arduous to remain in Justice League as a result of that was the time of the divorce,” Heard added.
The petition to oust Heard from the movie has garnered vital consideration, amassing over 4.3 million signatures because it was first printed in 2020.
Within the sequel, which is because of premiere in March 2023, Heard reportedly solely has 10 minutes of display screen time.
Heard mentioned her minimal half within the sequel, confirming that the studio considerably decreased her position whereas her trial with Depp carried out, claiming that they “did not need to embrace me.”
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“I used to be given a script after which given new variations of the script that had taken away scenes that had motion in it, that depicted my character and one other character, with out giving any spoilers away, two characters preventing with each other, and so they mainly took a bunch out of my position,” she advised the courtroom. “They only eliminated a bunch out.
Depp filed a US$50 million (approx. $70 million) defamation case towards the actress over a 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Submit about home abuse.
Heard didn’t point out Depp by identify in her essay, however the actor argues it was apparent she was writing about him. The trial continues.
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