Up until now, most of the fallout from Johnny Depp’s legal woes with ex-wife Amber Heard has been at Johnny Depp’s expense. Now, a lot of folks on the internet are campaigning to see Heard suffer the same treatment. In fact, the petition to remove her from Aquaman 2 is nearing a staggering 2 million signatures. And while WB has yet to announce any plans to hire another actress for the role, it seems that they’re trying to come up with a compromise.
With all of this going on, it looks like WB is gearing up to either reduce Amber Heard’s role in Aquaman 2 or write her out altogether.
According to Grace Randolph, the host of the “Beyond The Trailer” YouTube channel, the studio is bringing on another female lead to ‘balance things out.’
“Some of you are asking re Amber Heard – as I told you before, they are bringing on this new female lead to balance things out, and writing the script so that Heard’s role can be cut down if needed. But as of right now she’s still in Aquaman 2,” the journalist wrote on her Twitter feed.
As we learned last month, Warner Bros. may not be able to fire the London Fields star if it comes to it due to her contract. What they can do, however, is find a way to sideline her character in favor of a newcomer in Aquaman 2. To what extent they’ll do so, though, is anyone’s guess at this point.
Another source has maintained that al of this speculation is pointless, as Amber Heard has already been removed from Aquaman 2. If those sources are to be believed, it’s true that Amber Heard can’t be officially fired, but that she’s been bought out of her contract. Pretty much the same situation as Johnny Depp and Fantastic Beasts. They fired Johnny, but paid his contract. That’s what it’s rumored happened to heard. They basically paid her not to be in Aquaman 2.
Aquaman 2 is due to start shooting in Australia after the new year ahead of its scheduled release in December 2022. Time will tell if Heard will be involved. It’s entirely possible that the new female lead isn’t just being brought on board to “balance things out.” She might be Heard’s replacement.
Good.