Who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
Launched in 2020, when the war was already raging between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, the petition to have it removed from
Aquaman 2
, which wrapped filming last December, raised more than 2 million signatures.
The aim is to hit 3 million before the film is released in March 2023. At the time, the actor's supporters already believed claims that 1-year-old Oonagh Heard's mother was not a victim of domestic violence.
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“As Amber Heard is a known domestic abuser, Warner Brothers and DC Entertainment should and must remove her from their
Aquaman 2
movie project .
They should not ignore the suffering it has caused, nor glorify it,” wrote Jeanne Larson, the creator, in the description of the
Change.org petition
.
In video, the trailer of
Aquaman
Since the divorce between the former lovers, the father of Lily Rose, 22, and Jack Depp, 20, has been dropped by Disney from his role as Jack Sparrow in the five blockbuster
Pirates of the Caribbean
.
As well as by Warner Bros for his role as Gellert Grindelwald, in
Fantastic Beasts
.
Currently, the one who plays Princess Mera in James Wan's film, must still appear in the rest of the story alongside Jason Momoa, aka Aquaman.
No one is irreplaceable in Hollywood
While some are skeptical about removing a main character from a movie, you should know that it has already been done in Hollywood.
In 2014, while filming the movie
Hunger Games – Mockingjay
, Philip Seymour Hoffman, who appears alongside Jennifer Lawrence, was found dead in his apartment, following a heroin overdose.
Some scenes were urgently rewritten, but the editors mainly used digital technology to recreate the actor's face.
Thanks to this, the actor did not need to be replaced.
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Then, in 2017, director Ridley Scott had to pay 10 million dollars (9 million euros) to remove Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey from his film,
All the Money in the World
, while He was charged with sexual assault.
Proof that no one is irreplaceable in Hollywood…