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With the sequel to the DC movie releasing, many fans might be wondering what Amber Heard’s Aquaman 2 salary is.
Aquaman 2 is the follow-up movie to 2018’s Aquaman which starred Jason Momoa as the titular character and Amber Heard as his love interest Mera.
On May 7, 2022, Amber testified in her defamation trial with her ex-husband Johnny Depp that the trial and herpublic imagefrom her relationship with Johnny impacted her role as Mera in theAquamansequel. “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 — without giving any spoilers away — two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role. They just removed a bunch out.”
DC Films president James Hamada testified on behalf of Johnny’s legal team and said that Amber’s “lack of chemistry” withJason Momoa‘sAquamancharacter was the reason why she had cuts. “They didn’t really have a lot of chemistry together,” Hamada said during cross-examination. “The reality is it’s not uncommon on movies for two leads to not have chemistry. It’s sort of movie magic and editorial, the ability to sort of put performances together with the magic of, you know, a great score and how you put the pieces together. You can fabricate that sort of chemistry.”
Momoa has previously been supportive of Heard throughout the trial and their filming ofAquaman2. In a testimony from DC Movies president James Hamada, it was revealed thatAmber was significantly cutfrom the sequel ofAquamandue to “lack of chemistry” after Amber claimed that the defamation trial had impacted her screentime as the role of Mera. However, it was revealed during a testimony that Momoa andAquamandirector James Wan were “adamant she was in the film.” According to Hollywood expert Kathryn Arnold, who testified during the trial, both James and Jason were very “committed to” Amber.
So what was Amber Heard’s Aquaman 2 salary? Read more to find out.
What happened between Jason Momoa and Amber Heard?
In September 2023, fans of Johnny Depp paid the court fees for the release of documents from Heard’s therapist, Dr. Dawn Hughes, per Variety.Notes on a legal pad described a hostile “Aquaman” set where an allegedly intoxicatedJason Momoadressed like Depp and pushed to have Heard fired from the movie. “Jason said he wanted me fired,” the notes say. “Jason drunk — late on set. Dressing like Johnny. Has all the rings too.”
Director James Wan also reportedly did not give Heard a nice treatment on set. “He raised his voice @ me — ‘I can’t even post about Aquaman’ — made it like it was my fault – I said ‘I’m sorry,’” say Hughes’ notes in reference to Wan. “Nobody could take selfies with me on set given blackout.”
A DC Spokesperson denied the treatment by both Momoa and Wan to Variety. “Jason Momoa conducted himself in a professional manner at all times on the set of ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.’” As for Wan, “James is known for treating members of his cast and crew with the utmost respect and for fostering a positive, collaborative environment on set — the‘Aquaman’films were no exception.”
Other sources said the same thing. “Jason works his ass off, likes to have a beer once in a while like everyone, but doesn’t show up drunk to set,” says an insider who was on the London set in 2021, adding that the two stars got along and were seen joking together. “And he isn’t dressing like Johnny Depp. He has always dressed in that bohemian style.”
To add onto the drama, Amber Heard’s other ex Elon Musk’s litigator sent a “scorched-earth letter to Warner Bros. threatening to burn the house down” if Heard wasn’t brought back for a sequel, says a source familiar with the behind-the-scenes battle.
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What was Amber Heard's Aquaman 2 salary?
Amber Heard’s Aquaman 2 salary was around $2 million. During her court case with ex-husband Johnny Depp, Heard testified that she had to “fight really hard”to keep her role in the DC franchise because of the negative press about her and her previous libel trial with Depp.
Entertainment industry expert Kathryn Arnold testifed that Heard’s character was slated to have a “strong romantic arc the entire film and some great action sequences” before many of her scenes were “cut out” and her role was “radically reduced” in the sequel.
Arnold also stated that Momoa was given the opportunity to renegotiate his salary for the second movie from around $3 million to $15 million. Meanwhile, Heard’s $2 million pay was not up for negotiation for Aquaman 2 when she could have been entitled to around a $4 million raise.
