{"id":1487287,"date":"2022-05-22T08:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T12:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487287"},"modified":"2022-05-22T08:01:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T12:01:50","slug":"jason-momoa-and-amber-heards-lack-of-chemistry-cut-down-her-role-in-aquaman-2-says-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-momoa-and-amber-heards-lack-of-chemistry-cut-down-her-role-in-aquaman-2-says-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Momoa and Amber Heard\u2019s \u201cLack of Chemistry\u201d Cut Down Her Role in \u201cAquaman 2\u201d, Says Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjason-momoa-and-amber-heards-lack-of-chemistry-cut-down-her-role-in-aquaman-2-says-agent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom&#8221; star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jason-momoa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Mamoa&#8217;s<\/a> &#8220;lack of chemistry&#8221; with Amber Heard caused her role to be reduced in the upcoming film, Heard&#8217;s agent claimed Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Heard\u2019s agent, Jessica Kovacevic, virtually testified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/johnny-depp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Depp<\/a> vs. Amber Heard trial on Friday saying she believes the negative light on Heard, due to the ongoing conflicts with Depp, greatly impacted her role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Depp\u2019s ex-wife was first cast in the 2017\u2019s &#8220;Justice League&#8221; film and then made her debut in the &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; franchise as Mera the following year. Heard\u2019s agent testified that the star was contracted to make $2 million in the sequel, which was already concluded filming and is set to hit theaters in March 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/jason-momoa-amber-heard.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Amber Heard and Jason Momoa&#039;s &#039;lack of chemistry&#039; is what Heard&#039;s agent was told in regards to her reduced role in the \" Aquaman \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Amber Heard and Jason Momoa&#8217;s &#8216;lack of chemistry&#8217; is what Heard&#8217;s agent was told in regards to her reduced role in the &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; sequel.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kovacevic continued her testimony, claiming Warner Bros. reason for reducing Heard\u2019s role was due to &#8220;the lack of chemistry between her and Jason.&#8221; She went on to say that Heard received the news of the reduced role as she was reading the script.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jason-momoa-apologizes-taking-pictures-inside-sistine-chapel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JASON MOMOA APOLOGIZES AFTER TAKING PICTURES INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked about Heard\u2019s harmed career, her agent responded, &#8220;In my experience &#8230; Your career takes a turn after something like that. She was very well received in the movie at the time, everyone was happy with her at the time, there were no issues. Then to have a complete downturn after that, and then have that coincide with constant tweets and negativity put out about her, I don&#8217;t have a physical piece of paper of evidence, but it&#8217;s the only logical conclusion I draw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kovacevic added that due to the bad press, Heard lost a role with Amazon that was in the works. She also claimed that, to her knowledge, there was no &#8220;performance issues raised&#8221; against Heard in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/amber-heard-aquaman-character-shes-not-damsel-in-distress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; movie<\/a> and instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1072637586.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Amber Heard attends the World Premiere of \" Aquaman \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Amber Heard attends the World Premiere of &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; at Cineworld Leicester Square in November 2018 in London, England. She plays the role as &#8220;Mera&#8221; in the original movie and its sequel.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Mike Marsland\/Mike Marsland\/WireImage)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During Heard\u2019s testimony, she claimed that after Depp called her domestic abuse allegations a &#8220;hoax&#8221; the &#8220;communication stopped&#8221; between the actress and Warner Bros.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fought really hard to stay in the movie. They didn&#8217;t want to include me in the film,&#8221; Heard testified.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was given a script 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 \u2014 without giving any spoilers away \u2014 two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role. They just removed a bunch out,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1076856300-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard and James Wan discuss \" Aquaman \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard and James Wan discuss &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; with the Build Series in New York in 2018.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Depp\u00a0is suing Heard for $50 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairfax County Circuit Court, in\u00a0Virginia<\/a>, for referring to herself as a victim of domestic abuse in a 2018 op-ed published in the Washington Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said the piece, that did not identify him by name, ruined his reputation and career. Heard is countersuing for $100 million, accusing Depp and his lawyer of defaming her by calling her allegations a &#8220;hoax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Rebecca Rosenberg contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! &#8220;Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom&#8221; star Jason Mamoa&#8217;s &#8220;lack of chemistry&#8221; with Amber Heard caused her role to be reduced in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}