A late development in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial had new witness Kathryn Arnold, an entertainment industry consultant, testifying that lead actor Jason Momoa and director James Wan fought to keep Heard in Aquaman 2.According to Arnold, the two were «adamant» that she remain in the film, but some fans are rather skeptical of such claims given Momoa and Wan's recent and seemingly suggestive conduct.
While the two Aquaman alumni have not released any formal statements addressing their stance on the libel case, they have both given subtle hints to possibly indicate where they stand. In the earlier stages of the court proceedings, it was discovered that Momoa started following Depp on Instagram, leading fans to assume that he supports the veteran actor over his co-star Heard. Momoa has also refrained from speaking about the libel case since it began on April 11, and some people have interpreted his silence as a clear desire to stay out of the former couple's legal drama entirely.
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An even more farfetched rumor has it that Momoa refuses to support Heard because of built-up tensions that stemmed from a former tweet she posted about his stepdaughter, Zoë Kravitz. In the tweet, Heard criticized The Batman actress for backing Depp when he had initially been chosen by J.K. Rowling to play the title character in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Momoa has neither confirmed nor denied any of the aforementioned claims, but further reports of Warner Bros. expressing «chemistry concerns» between him and Heard have fans convinced that an ongoing tension exists between the two.
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