Aquaman 2 Director Addresses Amber Heard Role Controversy

After multiple reports on Amber Heard's reduced role in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the movie's director, James Wan, defends his decision.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom's Amber Heard role controversy gets addressed by the movie's director. Multiple reports have touched on Heard's Mera having a reduced role in the sequel, with the actress unhappy about the ordeal.

Speaking with Empire Magazine (via The Direct), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom director James Wan defended his choice to have Mera play a smaller role in the sequel than she did in the original Aquaman. Check out the full quote below:

"It’s fair that [Heard] said that [about the character being pared down], because she wasn’t in my head as I was working on this movie. Actors don’t necessarily know what we [directors] behind the scenes are thinking about. But this was always my plan. From the start, I pitched that the first film would be a 'Romancing The Stone'-type thing — an action-adventure romantic comedy — while the second would be an outright buddy comedy. I wanted to do 'Tango & Cash!'"

Source: Empire Magazine (via The Direct)