James Wan addresses lack of Mera in Aquaman sequel
"Aquaman 2" director James Wan says the sequel was never meant to focus on Mera and Aquaman, despite Amber Heard's claims that Warner Bros. “didn’t want to include” her in the fillm.
“The second movie was always going to be Arthur and Orm,” says Wan. https://t.co/QO0u8lMnEK
- Variety (@Variety) September 13, 2023
-James Wan is doing some promo for the Aquaman sequel.
-A hot topic since the AvJ trial was Ambers role in the sequel. Hamada revealed that he wanted to recast the role but was forced to keep Amber and thus refused to give her a raise. Amber revealed that her role in the sequel was shortened with each subsequent script she received.
-Wan reveals that his intention from the beginning was to make the first film a big romance film between Arthur/Mera and have the sequel be a Bromance film between Arthur/Orm.
-Wan continues that Mera would always have a reduced role compared to the first film and that he will leave it at that.
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