- A new trailer confirms that Amber Heard is in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”.
- During Tuesday’s CinemaCon, which Insider attended, a trailer for the film was shown.
- Heard’s character of Mera appeared briefly in two takes.
Amber Heard is in the anticipated sequel to “Aquaman.”
The first trailer for “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” was shown at CinemaCon, the annual film convention, on Tuesday during a Warner Bros presentation, which was attended by Insider.
Heard, who played Aquaman’s (Jason Momoa) love interest Mera in the hit 2018 original film, appears in two brief shots during the trailer in which she battles underwater. She has no dialogue in the trailer.
In June of last year, a now-deleted post on Just Jared reported that Heard was being “cut” from the sequel.
“The rumors continue as they have since day one: inaccurate, insensitive and a little crazy,” a spokesperson for Heard told Insider in response to the post.
Heard’s character of Mera was first introduced in the 2017 film “League of Justicebefore becoming the lead in 2018’s “Aquaman” alongside Momoa.
Jason Momoa and Amber Heard in ‘Aquaman’.
Warner Bros.
during her defamation trial with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, Heard said her role dropped considerably in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”.
“I fought so hard to stay in the movie, they didn’t want to put me in the movie,” Heard said on the stand, adding that she played “a very scaled-down version” of the role that took away action scenes. between her and another character.
If the trailer is any indication, Heard’s Mera isn’t the main supporting character she was in the first movie. Instead of Aquaman and Mera teaming up for most of the film, in the sequel, it’s Aquaman and his half-brother Orm Marius, played by Patrick Wilson.
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” opens in theaters on December 20.
