Amber Read has insisted that her function in the upcoming “Aquaman” sequel was substantially slice again following her ex-spouse Johnny Depp released a smear marketing campaign towards her by stating she lied about abuse allegations.
But in a new blow for the actress, the high-run head of DC Films testified Tuesday that the star’s function in the major-budget flick was in no way impacted by innuendo surrounding her tumultuous marriage to Depp.
Walter Hamada made the assert by way of online video backlink at the former couple’s blockbuster defamation demo in Virginia.
Hamada — who has been president of DC Movies due to the fact 2018 — alleged it was always supposed for Listened to to have a smaller position in the film franchise.
Nevertheless, he extra that producers had been so “concerned” about a absence of chemistry in between Heard and co-star Jason Momoa in the first “Aquaman” movie that they even regarded recasting her in the sequel.
“I consider editorially they were being equipped to make that connection get the job done in the initially movie,” the film manager said. “But there was a worry that it took a great deal of effort to get there and that would we be far better off locating anyone with extra natural chemistry with Jason Momoa and go ahead that way.”
Whilst Listened to managed to maintain her place in the sequel, she alleged that her purpose was noticeably lessened.
“I was given a script and then offered new versions of the script that experienced taken away scenes…they generally took a bunch out of my position. They just taken off a bunch out,” Listened to testified last 7 days.
Even so, Hamada directly disputed that claim, declaring she was always supposed to be a slight character in the sequel.
“The dimension of the part in the film that she experienced was identified in the early advancement of the script, which would be in 2018,” he alleged. “The character’s involvement in the story was sort of what it was from the beginning.”
“From the early stages of the development of the script, the film was crafted close to the character of Arthur [Momoa] and the character of Orm [Patrick Wilson],” Hamada even further said.
On Monday, Heard’s authorized team brought entertainment marketplace specialist Kathryn Arnold as a witness, who said Read was paid out $2 million for the sequel — a sum negotiated all over the time that the initially “Aquaman” movie arrived out in 2018.
Even so, the consultant said the actress would have been in a position to renegotiate for up to $6 million, had it not been for Depp and his lawyer Adam Waldman defaming her by calling her accusations of abuse a “hoax.”
Arnold claimed Heard’s earning capability and negotiating powers were considerably diminished by those statements, which began circulating in 2020.
But Hamada further insisted on Tuesday that the actress’s payment was in no way impacted by the statements made by Depp and Waldman.
In the meantime, since the demo started, much more than 4 million Depp fans have flocked to indicator a petition urging DC Movies to fall Listened to from “Aquaman 2” entirely.
The extremely-anticipated movie is established for release future March. The first “Aquaman” movie — unveiled in 2018 — was a box place of work smash, grossing additional than $1 billion throughout the globe.
Depp is suing Listened to for defamation over a 2018 Washington Write-up op-ed that the actress wrote, in which she claimed she was a victim of sexual violence.
She did not particularly identify Depp in the short article, but it was penned after Listened to filed a restraining buy against her now-ex-partner in 2016 in excess of abuse allegations.
Depp is looking for $50 million in damages. Heard has filed a $100 million countersuit.
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