The controversial legal fight between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has caused a group of fans to get more than two million signatures in a petition for the actress to be removed from the film ‘Aquaman 2’.
The petition on the Change.org page asks to remove Heard from the movie starring Jason Momoa and which is scheduled for release in March 2022.
The request arose after the actor announced last Friday that he was asked to leave the role of the wizard Grindelwald, from the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ film franchise, after losing the lawsuit against a newspaper who called him a “beater” and who claimed that he would have repeatedly assaulted Heard during their marriage.
According to press reports, Peter Safan, producer of ‘Aquaman’, said that he could not be influenced cast elections.
“Honestly, I don’t think we’re going to react to pure fan pressure,” Safran said. “You have to do the right thing for the movie, and that’s where we really landed.”
Heard plays Mera in the sequel to the DC film and in addition to Momoa, the cast includes Patrick Wilson and Willem Dafoe.
Currently Depp and Heard are in the middle of a trial after the actor sued his ex-wife for defamation after she published an article in The Washington Post where she said she was a domestic violence survivor. The trial has become very mediatic since many secrets of the murky relationship that the couple had have come to light.2022