Why Aquaman 2 Almost Didn't Bring Amber Heard Back
A new report reveals Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom almost didn't bring Amber Heard back amidst concerns of her chemistry with star Jason Momoa. Heard made her DC Extended Universe debut with Justice League as Mera, a princess from the underwater kingdom of Xebel who is first seen as guarding the Mother Box located in Atlantis, only to have been defeated by Steppenwolf as he escapes with the box. In the hopes of saving the world, Mera gives Arthur his armor and trident and convinces him to help the Justice League to defeat Steppenwolf.
Heard's Mera would return in Aquaman as the character's main love interest and foil as she teams up with Jason Momoa's titular hero to prevent the war brewing between his half-brother, Orm Marius, and the surface. Alongside Momoa and Heard, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will see the returns of Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison and Randall Park. Though the Aquaman sequel was recently delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting work on the visual effects, it appears the film almost endured a bigger hurdle early in its development.
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As post-production continues for the DCEU sequel, a new report from Puck (via ComicBook.com) has revealed that Amber Heard almost wasn't brought back for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Sources report that Warner Bros. initially declined to pick up the actress' option to return over concerns of her chemistry with star Jason Momoa. Reports of these concerns hail from a deposition that will be included in her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp, the deposition coming from DC Films President Walter Hamada.
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