Amber Heard, who is currently embroiled in a $100 million lawsuit with her ex-husband Johnny Depp, reportedly has less than 10 minutes of screen time in the upcoming Aquaman 2 flick, which is expected to hit theaters in March 2023. The claim was made by reputable film journalist Grace Randolph, who is well known for her reviews on comic book movies, such as those lifted from the DC Extended Universe.
Taking to social media from her verified Twitter page earlier this week, Grace wrote to her followers, “I hear Amber Heard has less than 10 min of screentime in Aquaman2.” Her tweet was published just before a change.org petition calling for Amber to lose her role as Princess Mera in the motion picture had surpassed a whopping 2.4 million signatures.
While the 36-year-old was predominately featured throughout the first installment, which was released in 2018 and went on to gross over $1.1 billion at the box office, if Amber does only appear in the follow-up for less than 10 minutes, it certainly begs the question whether Warner Bros. Pictures — its producer and distributor — was aware of the actress’ libel trial and perhaps worried that the case would not go in her favor. Filming for Aquaman 2 did not conclude until January, making it a good chance that Amber’s legal drama may have already impacted how important her role was in the forthcoming film.
Earlier this week, the Texas native sat in court and listened to forensic psychologist Dr. Shannon Curry give her testimony in the explosive trial, claiming that Amber had thoroughly displayed clear signs of a personality disorder involving “extreme effort to be the centre of attention,” having also doubted her claims of struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
During her appearance at the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia on Tuesday, Shannon went on to say that Amber may also be struggling with histrionic personality disorder, which is commonly known to involve “manipulation tactics to try and get their needs met.” The psychologist made these claims based on a clinical interview she had conducted with Johnny’s former flame on two separate occasions in December 2021. Amber and Shannon spent 12 hours together, during which time her symptoms of the aforementioned disorder were quite prominent.
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“(There is) a tendency to be very self-righteous but to also deny that self-righteousness and to judge others critically against these high standards,” Shannon said. “They could use manipulation tactics to try and get their needs met, very needy of attention, approval, acceptance.
“They tend to distance people who are close to them. Initially, they may seem very charming. They’re very socially sophisticated actually.”
Johnny filed a $50 million lawsuit against Amber, saying that her 2018 op-ed to The Washington Post had branded him to be an abuser, though Amber (who is countersuing for $100 million) says she never stated the person’s name in her post where she referred to herself as a victim of domestic abuse.