Elon Musk allegedly came to Amber Heard‘s defense amid talks his former partner would be fired from “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”
Per a new Variety report, the Tesla and X (formerly known as Twitter) owner is reported to have strong-armed Warner Bros. into keeping Heard cast as Mera in DC’s long-delayed “Aquaman” follow-up.
According to Variety, Warner Bros. and “Aquaman” director James Wan sent a letter to Heard’s attorney Karl Austen after the film‘s 2018 release to share the decision that Heard would be dropped from the sequel, citing a lack of chemistry with star Jason Momoa.
However, per Variety, Warner Bros. decided not to fire Heard after her former boyfriend Musk and his attorney sent a “scorched-earth letter to Warner Bros. threatening to burn the house down” if Heard was not back in the sequel.
DC Studios could not immediately be reached by IndieWire for comment.
Rumors that Heard would be fired from the “Aquaman” franchise resurfaced amid the defamation trial with Heard and her ex-husband Johnny Depp, with the suit filed in 2019 followed by televised court proceedings in 2022. Heard alleged Depp led a PR “smear campaign” against her, resulting in a “very pared-down version” of her original “Aquaman 2” role.
“I fought to keep my job and the biggest movie opportunity I had to date [with] ‘Justice League’ with the option to [star in] ‘Aquaman.’ I had to fight really hard to stay in ‘Justice League’ because that was the time of the divorce,” Heard said while on the stand. “I was given a script [for ‘Aquaman 2’] 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 spoilers away, two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role.”
Reportedly, Heard appears in only 10 minutes of the sequel. Wan told Entertainment Weekly earlier this year that the sequel was never meant to focus on Heard’s character.
Also during the trial, notes of Heard’s therapy sessions were included in court documents, which Depp fans later paid to access and shared online. Heard claimed while in therapy that “Aquaman” co-star Jason Momoa drunkenly harassed her on set, including, per her point of view, dressing up as Depp.
Heard’s notes read, “Jason said he wanted me fired. Jason drunk — late on set. Dressing like Johnny. Has all the rings too.”
A DC spokesperson told Variety, “Jason Momoa conducted himself in a professional manner at all times on the set of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.'”
An insider who was on the London set in 2021 told Variety, “He isn’t dressing like Johnny Depp. He has always dressed in that bohemian style.”
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is set for a December 20 release date.
How is the production on almost every DCEU film such a shitshow behind the scenes. We had all the Justice League stuff, The Rock throwing his weight around and cratering Back Adams chances and now this.
The more I know about Musk, the more I long for the day he is no longer of this existence. What sucks the most is he will probably live longer than me and I’ll have to learn new and existing things about how his influence has changed the world… Usually not in a better direction.
Very glad to see the tide turning on Musk
The US has been plagued with anitchrist ever since Reagan showed up. Musk is just another of them.
I can’t imagine what traction Musk could possibly believe he has here. He has no standing. The fact that WB acquiesced means they are idiots.
So instead of changing the name from Twitter to X it was actually changed to X (formerly known as Twitter)… Never seen an article calling it only X
I wonder if Heard did a turd on Musk and he liked it.
She never shit on the bed. Or did a ton of things that were claimed by falsified evidence.
We’re all going to look back on this trial as a modern crucifixion of a woman in a highly publicized trial, a la Anita Hill and Monica Lewinski, and so so many more. The worst part is that we as a culture would probably claim to have grown since the 90s, but here this is happening right in front of us. The vitriol I’ve seen spewed about Amber Heard on the internet…many serial killers don’t get as much hate. And hers wasn’t even a criminal trial. Just a defamation suit.
Do you have the hots for amber turd, do you want her to shit in your mouth? You kinky dinky you.
Weakest troll bait I’ve ever seen
Next up, on Clown Talk…
Shoot Heard, Depp, and Musk all into the sun please.
Did any of them go to high school? Because their real life seems like the worst high school ever.
could we make it the far side of the moon? It be a huge fuel savings and we’d never have to see them and their “landing” site again.
What did Depp do?
I was going to ask this. Feel like people hate him because it was a he said she said of who originally was the abuser, unless I missed something. Don’t really follow celebs so it’s possible.
The trial showed they were just both pieces of shit. The argument of if one is “at fault” for the other of that specific divorce doesnt matter to the end that it showed neither are good people.
Comes with stardom, I guess.
Neither are good people, but I have never seen so much hatred towards one person on the internet than what was directed towards Amber Heard. Literal child murderers don’t get so much hate. And I think, with so much hate towards the one side, people automatically assume the other must be a wonderful human being.
And / or it’s just sexism. Reminded me a bit of the hatred towards that one woman in the show Tiger King.
Yeah, you say that, but in my internet circles all I heard was a poor target and depp was a demonic, twisted abuser who gleefully dragged his ex by the hair through the public mud for having the audacity of trying to escape his abuse.
They were both demonized. People just picked a horse to back.
I am not talking about anecdotal internet bubbles or your personal friend group but the overall tone online or in social media.
People like Kevin Spacey, Ezra Miller, etc. did worse and got much less hatred. Even though they were much more famous actors.
I didn’t even know who Amber Heard was and the vitriol online was so bad I thought she was a serial killer at first lol
Half of twitter, specific substantially sized subreddits, the majority of tumblr, and a healthy amount of facebook for some reason, actually. Im hardly friends with websites.
The “”“overall tone of the internet”“” was just the twitter accounts and subreddits you happened to frequent. Not that theres anything wrong with that, mind. But the vitriol was equally abundant for depp.
First time Ive ever heard someone say miller is more famous than jack sparrow tho. Pretty sure he became famous for his crime spree. A spree so cut and dry obviously wrongdoing there was literally nothing to get riled up about. Spacey does have the fame, but… again, rape of a minor is pretty cut and dry heinous. You write them off as evil and move on.
Heard and depp were an argument. It got vitriolic because people picked a wrongdoer and argued with people who “picked wrong” and whipped themselves into frenzies. Kinda cant do that without someone to disagree with.
You’re willfully blind if you’re seriously asking that
And you’re willfully dodging the question
You could just admit that you don’t care that he’s a creep, borderline pedo and an abusive jackass. I don’t have to waste my time giving you the facts just so you can ignore them.
Oh and I forgot to mention he’s an alcoholic and a drug addict, but I’m sure you think those people are trustworthy.
Wait how is he a borderline pedo? I’m legitimately asking cause I don’t know that much about Depp
Always goes young. As he’s aged he’s sticking to early 20s but he’s about 60 so, yuck. He used to go younger. Old men who do this, usually do it cause they want someone easily manipulated and controlled.
Also super abusive and is an alcoholic/drug addict
Oh right I forgot the age gap with Heard and Depp, though I know Heard isn’t quite that young it’s still weird lol. Same with DiCaprio though. What is it with big older actors going for barely legal women?
What the fuck is your problem dude? I asked for some discussion on why a person is shitty, and you go on to be a shitty fucking person to me just for asking you a damn question! Fuck off with your attitude, I just wanted to know what was so wrong with some famous prick I don’t know about.
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What did Depp do?
What did Depp do?
It’s a legitimate question. If you followed the trial, it was pretty clear that Heard lied through her teeth about a large number of things and was working hard to make him look horrible. I don’t follow celebrity stuff much, but other than being gleeful about her downfall, which honestly seems reasonable, I’m not sure what he did.
If you did watch the whole trial, not just the Depp PR clips that were disseminated, you could also see how Depp was also an abuser and a creep. But even if heard, who was also abusive had never met Depp, you’d see a whole life of questionable creepiness out of Depp. It’s funny how everyone rips on DiCaprio but Depp is even creepier. His new gf is like 25, he’s a gross old man.
I think the old guys constantly dating the younger women is gross, but as long as they’re all adults it’s a legal kind of gross. I didn’t watch any social media coverage of the trial; my wife watched pretty much all of it and summarized it for me in the evenings, sometimes showing me interesting parts. I saw Depp saying some shitty things, but didn’t see him committing purgery or being overly abusive as Heard clearly did/was. I just don’t see them as equivalent.
The texts he sent, detailing how he wanted to rape, murder and dispose of her body were too far for me, and how he asked his friend if he wanted in on it. That’s not a sane man, no matter what she did to him. And if you look through the whole thing, even though she was worse and lost the case, he was also abusive and drunk/high. Both fed off each other’s toxicity till it blew up. He had great PR though, and the backing of the men’s right types, so he got away fairly clean. Just because someone won a court case doesn’t mean he’s a saint or good person.
There are tapes of him drunkenly screaming and destroying furniture. There are some other things he admitted to, which I don’t completely recall right now. There are the SMS he sent with fantasies of “burning and drowning” Heard. All in all, the impression I got from that trial wasnt a very favourable character for Depp.
Okay, thanks. I didn’t get the impression that he was anything close to a perfect human getting, and I’m not in the vicinity of being a fanboy, but that trial seemed pretty one sided: she being a horrible, abusive, lying sack of shit, and him hating her but not lying or being abusive.
If breaking furniture and threatening to burn and drown your girlfriend isn’t abuse, then I must have missed something.
Or maybe it’s just that abusers always stand up for other abusers and that says it all about the people who defend the guy online. Especially when he’s a complete stranger to them and they’re paying money to get court records so they can talk shit about Amber Heard on his behalf. Not pathetic at all.
Wow, so anyone who doesn’t see Depp in the same light as Heard must be an abuser? That’s quite an overreach.
The only evidence I saw of Depp threatening to kill Heard was Hesrd’s testimony. The same testimony that was so full of proven falsehoods.
Ok, so enlighten everyone.
What am I your Google? Besides, it’s likely you know what he does but don’t care. The texts exchanged between him and Paul Bettany were psychotic and inexcusable. But beyond heard, he’s a 60 year old man who dates 20 year olds and has a penchant for manipulation and abuse. He had great PR during the trial though. Two abusive sacks of shit start fighting, and suddenly everyone thinks Depp is excused for his abuse because he plays a pirate good
Hmm, still no sources. You’re the one making the claim, you have to provide the evidence.
Lol dude there’s court transcripts detailing their mutual abuse, and verified texts where he’s asking Paul Bettany to help him rape and kill Amber.
If you don’t care that he’s an abuser fine, but don’t act like it didn’t happen
😂😂
Fuck that musk asshole. He’s clearly a complete moron and can’t manage anything right (and he’s never doing his job) so why would anyone care what he thinks?? Why do we keep giving this fucking loser oxygen??
Ah, yes, lead life preserver…
I hate how no one hates Amber Heard for anything she’s done, they just hate her because she dared to accuse funny pirate man of being abusive.
She’s not gonna fuck you, Melon
I’d say she did already.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/06/elon-musk-breaks-up-with-amber-heard-report-says/
Yeesh, scumbags really do attract other scumbags
Honestly, i don’t care if it’s him wasting his money on shit like this that doesn’t cause harm (except for the poor guy having to craft a response letter) on other people. His money, his and Warner Bros’ problems.
Now if he could simply fund Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink quietly without going retard for once…
Drunk Jason Momoa dressing up as Johnny Depp?! Lmao
He used to go to the same saloon in Seattle that I frequented. I met him right before he started filming Conan. He was a funny guy. I bet he was hilarious mocking Depp to irk Heard. Wish I could have seen that!
This is one of those “wut?” moments. I wouldn’t be surprised if WB just said f it and kept her in because this movie will bookend the current iteration DCEU franchise so it hardly matters one way or the other.
#JamesGunn and #JasonMamoa have both confirmed this #Aquaman movie will be the end of the #Snyderverse and the old #DCEU. Mamoa will be coming back ONLY as #Lobo– if he comes back at all.
Early showings of the film (and trailer analyses) say Arthur & Mera have an infant son who is vital to the plot, so she is vital to the film.
Previous reports say that most of her scenes were filmed prior to the trial. But post-trial, there was editing done to minimize her time on screen.
