After Amber Heard, an actor complained about being cut during editing

The year 2023 has been a disaster for Warner Bros. Studios. The great success of Wonka Doesn’t help matters for DCU over Christmas. In the hands of James Gunn and Peter Safran, the universe was not as profitable as its rival Marvel last year. A recent example, Aquaman 2. Second part of The Jason Momoa-led franchise (Dune) It will not cross the billion dollar mark like its predecessor. His world tour ends with 400 million greenbacks in Warner’s coffers. A decent score despite everything compared to the performances of other DCU opuses, viz Flash And Blue Beetle.

Amber Heard’s fight against Aquaman

If get out ofAquaman 2 Made a lot of noise On social networks, it is also due The Amber Heard affair. The actress, who plays Mera in the Aquatic franchise, saw her on-screen appearance drastically reduced in the final cut. Warner Bros. The radical decision was made in response to her conviction for defamation during a trial that pitted her against her former partner Johnny Depp. Aquaman’s interpreter may have insisted that the studio decide to fire him. ” Jason said he wanted me fired. He was dressed “like Johnny (Depp) with all his rings”. The actress revealed according to American magazine Diversity. Another actor also suffered a brutal scissor cut.

An actor missing from Aquaman 2

On the microphone from our colleagues at ComicBook Media, Actor Dolph Lundgren (Creed 2, Expendables 4) reports that Screenplay by James Wan Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick has been A lot has changed. During rewriting, His character, King Nereus, gradually disappeared. “I just realized it was kind of a simple decision: they wanted to Limit Amber Heard’s role, But I played the role of his father My role also got reduced” , he explains in the interview. The actor revealed in the saga stopped Judges for his part ” The original story was great ; The original cut, of which (he) could see the part, was really good! ». Neither James Wan nor the screenwriter have yet commented on Dolph Lundgren’s exit.