{"id":1491117,"date":"2022-05-25T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1491117"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:02:11","slug":"jason-momoa-rescued-amber-heards-aquaman-job-amid-depp-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-momoa-rescued-amber-heards-aquaman-job-amid-depp-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Momoa Rescued Amber Heard\u2019s \u201cAquaman\u201d Job Amid Depp Trial"},"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\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cAquaman\u201d himself, Jason Momoa, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/23\/amber-heard-kept-aquaman-2-role-with-help-from-jason-momoa-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly advocated for embattled Amber Heard<\/a> to keep her role in the movie\u2019s upcoming sequel. <\/p>\n<p>Former producer and current entertainment industry consultant and expert Kathryn Arnold <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/23\/johnny-depp-amber-heard-live-trial-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">took the stand Monday<\/a> as Heard\u2019s witness during her ongoing trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp. She said Heard\u2019s red-wigged role was supposed to be her \u201cstar is born\u201d moment but claimed the actress was almost cut from \u201cAquaman 2\u201d because of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/23\/amber-heards-team-will-no-longer-call-johnny-depp-back-to-witness-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issues with Johnny Depp<\/a>, 58. <\/p>\n<p>Arnold further said the only reason Heard kept her job is because Momoa, 42, and director James Wan, 45, \u201ccommitted to her\u201d and were \u201cadamant\u201d she be in the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10846859\/Amber-Heard-kept-role-Aquaman-2-Jason-Momoa-adamant-remain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the Daily Mail.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-99.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Amber Heard\u2019s role in \u201cAquaman 2\u201d was \u201cradically reduced\u201d due to her negative reputation because of Johnny Depp, witness Kathryn Arnold testified. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"> Everett Collection; STEVE HELBER\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Heard, 36, allegedly trained five hours a day for several months before finding out from a costume designer that her role had been \u201cdismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arnold, who met with Heard before the testimony, said that Heard\u2019s character, Mera, was going to have a \u201cstrong romantic arc the entire film and some great action sequences\u201d before her action scenes were \u201ccut out\u201d and her role was \u201cradically reduced.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-03.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Heard and Jason Momoa\" class=\"wp-image-22382252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Jason Momoa and \u201cAquaman\u201d director James Wan \u201c\u2018committed\u201d to Amber Heard, said Kathryn Arnold.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" Aquaman \/><\/a><figcaption>Amber Heard\u2019s agent, Jessica Kovacevic, testified that she was told the actress was nearly recast for the \u201cAquaman\u201d sequel due to a \u201clack of chemistry\u201d with Jason Momoa.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, Heard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/20\/why-amber-heard-was-almost-fired-from-aquaman-2-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agent, Jessica Kovacevic,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/20\/why-amber-heard-was-almost-fired-from-aquaman-2-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said she was told<\/a> the role was nearly recast due to Heard\u2019s \u201clack of chemistry\u201d with Momoa but personally believed it had to do with her bad reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold also said \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d actor Momoa was able to renegotiate his salary for the second movie up from around $3 million to $15 million.<\/p>\n<p>Heard was paid the same $2 million as stated in her first contact, Arnold said, adding that the troubled actress should have been able to renegotiate for up to $6 million. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-02.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Heard in court\" class=\"wp-image-22382294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-02.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-02.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/amber-heard-aquaman-02.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Amber Heard arrives in the courtroom after a break at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on May 23.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey [Hollywood] like her work but they can\u2019t work with her because every time her name is mentioned, the negativity flares up again,\u201d Arnold said of Heard\u2019s \u201cvery negative\u201d reputation. <\/p>\n<p>Arnold testified that, over five years, Heard could have made $4 million per movie, though it might have even topped that and reached up to $20 million. <\/p>\n<p>Heard\u2019s total estimated loss, Arnold claimed, was between $45 million and $50 million. <\/p>\n<p>Heard also would\u2019ve scored other million-dollar deals similar to her $1.5 million contract with L\u2019Oreal, Arnold added.<\/p>\n<p>Since the trial started, more than 4 million Depp fans <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/17\/amber-heard-claims-warner-bros-cut-down-her-aquaman-2-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have flocked to sign a petition<\/a> urging the actress to be dropped from the film altogether. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAquaman\u201d himself, Jason Momoa, allegedly advocated for embattled Amber Heard to keep her role in the movie\u2019s upcoming sequel. 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