Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom’s Dolph Lundgren disappointed with Narius and Amber Heard’s lesser roles for Mera

It has been reported earlier Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom The extensive reshoots took place after Warner Bros. decided to end the DCEU and start over with James Gunn’s DCU, while Aquaman A sequel was still in production.

One consequence of that decision was the removal of Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne from the film, who was originally said to be reprising his role. The Dark Night After appearing in flash- Being a Nick Fury-type guy in the DCEU, recruiting heroes for “Crisis”.

Instead of Keaton, Ben Affleck Batman A cameo reportedly made its way into the film because the original version of the film required Batman’s presence. However, when the final edit of the film was released in theaters, it seemed that director James Wan and WB decided that the best option would be to remove the film. Batman

Overall and make the sequel a standalone film.

Now, in a new interview with UPI to promote his upcoming film Wanted manActor Dolph Lundgren reveals that the reshoots changed a lot more than just the removal of DCEU cameos.

“My opinion is that I thought the original script was great. I was a big part of it and Amber Heard was a big part of it,” said Lundgren.

I continued, “The studio decided, I think, to just reshoot a bunch of footage to try to reconstruct a slightly different storyline. It’s difficult because you can’t reshoot the whole movie“

However, Lundgren is a veteran actor and it seems he’s not losing any sleep over the lesser role. “When you start inserting different story elements into something (that had) unity that worked, then you can run into trouble. It was a bit disappointing for me. I was a little disappointed, but life goes on.

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Amber Heard also previously maintained that her role as Mera was downplayed in the sequel but now we have Lundgren backing up Mera’s claim. Of course, claims that Heard’s role was diminished stemmed from her high-profile defamation case with Johnny Depp.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom In fact proving to be one of the most successful DCEU movies of recent release. The film recently crossed the $330 million global box office mark, and its sequel is currently tracking north of $400 million in theaters.

Still, it’s a far cry from the first film’s $1.15 billion global box office haul.

Now, Aquaman fans are wondering if the King of Atlantis has a place in James Gunn’s new cinematic universe. Star Jason Momoa continues with WB/DC as Lobo is one of Hollywood’s worst-kept secrets at the moment.

If Lobo has the lead role, it’s hard to imagine another actor in the studio portraying Aquaman and sharing Momoa’s screen time in the upcoming Justice League film or another team-up movie.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Released in North American theaters on December 22, 2023. Did you see the final DCEU film in theaters or are you waiting for it to stream on OnDemand or MAX? Let us know in the comment section below.