Los
Angeles,
May
18
(PTI)
Actor
Amber
Heard
has
claimed
that
Warner
Bros
studio
"removed
a
bunch
out" of
her
role
from
the
upcoming
Aquaman
sequel
in
the
aftermath
of
her
divorce
from
Johnny
Depp.
Heard,
36,
made
the
comments
on
Tuesday
during
the
hearing
of
the
libel
suit
filed
against
her
by
Depp,
58,
in
Virginia's
Fairfax
County
Circuit
Court.
According
to
Variety,
she
said
Warner
Bros,
the
banner
behind
Aquaman
franchise,
"didn't
want
to
include
me" in
the
film.
Headlined
by
Jason
Momoa,
"Aquaman
and
the
Lost
Kingdom"
is
slated
to
be
released
on
March
17,
2023.
Heard
stars
as
Mera
in
comic
book
films
from
Warner
Bros
and
DC
Entertainment.
She
first
played
the
character
in
2017's
Justice
League,
which
she
described
as
"a
three-picture
option".
The
actor
said
she
was
"actively
scheduling
timing
for
filming"
the
movie
until
Depp's
team
called
her
a
liar
regarding
her
abuse
claims
against
Depp.
Heard
said
that
"communications"
about
the
sequel
"stopped
at
that
point".
She
said
she
had
a
more
co-lead
role
opposite
Momoa
in
Aquaman,
for
which
she
earned
USD
1
million.
Heard
said
she
earned
twice
as
much
for
Aquaman
2,
the
third
film
in
her
contract,
but
also
said
that
her
role
in
the
film
was
"a
very
pared-down
version".
"I
was
given
a
script
and
then
given
new
versions
of
the
script
that
had
taken
away
scenes
that
had
action
in
it,
that
depicted
my
character
and
another
character,
without
giving
any
spoiler
away,
two
characters
fighting
with
one
another,
and
they
basically
took
a
bunch
out
of
my
role.
They
just
removed
a
bunch
out,"
Heard
said.
When
Depp's
lawyer,
Camille
Vasquez,
suggested
that
she
only
got
the
role
in
"Aquaman"
with
Depp's
help,
Heard
dismissed
the
claims,
saying
"No,
Ms
Vasquez,
I
got
myself
that
role
by
auditioning."
Yesterday,
lawyers
for
Depp
questioned
the
truthfulness
of
Heard's
accusation
that
Depp
sexually
assaulted
her
with
a
liquor
bottle.
Depp
is
suing
Heard
over
a
December
2018
op-ed
she
wrote
in
The
Washington
Post
describing
herself
as
"a
public
figure
representing
domestic
abuse".
His
lawyers
say
he
was
defamed
by
the
article
even
though
it
never
mentioned
his
name.
The
trial
is
now
in
its
fifth
week.
Last
year,
Depp
told
The
Sunday
Times
that
he
was
being
boycotted
by
the
film
industry
amid
the
domestic
abuse
allegations
by
his
former
wife
and
The
Rum
Diary
co-star
as
his
latest
movie
Minamata
was
yet
to
get
a
release
in
the
US.
Minamata,
on
which
Depp
also
served
as
a
producer,
eventually
released
in
the
US
in
February
2022,
by
Samuel
Goldwyn
Films.
The
interview
marked
the
embattled
Hollywood
star's
first
media
interaction
after
losing
libel
case
against
British
tabloid
The
Sun,
which
referred
to
Depp
as
a
"wife-beater"
in
an
article
about
him
and
Heard.
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