Amber Heard Gets 11 Lines, 20 Minutes of Screen Time in ‘Aquaman 2’

Amber Heard was certainly sidelined within the new ‘Aquaman’ film — simply as an ex-WB honcho confirmed underneath oath final 12 months — and the phrase is … she’s barely even a facet character.

‘Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom’ — the sequel to the 2018 superhero hit starring Jason Momoa — simply obtained launched in theaters this weekend … and there is plenty of dangerous information when it comes to field workplace and critiques, however maybe essentially the most fascinating is Heard’s display time.

In accordance with Business Insider, AH solely seems on digicam for about 20 minutes or so … and whereas she does speak within the movie, it ain’t very a lot — only a measly 11 strains, apparently.

BI says Amber exhibits up for just a few motion sequences towards the start and the top, however she’s largely faraway from the primary story … though her and JM’s film child serves as a central plot level. Among the strains she reportedly delivers are additionally fairly laughable.

Here is a few of her dialogue … “”There have not been outbreaks like this in ages. Why now?” … “They raided the storage vault, we won’t allow them to get away” … “The place’s Jr.?” … “No!” … “I sense one thing within the water” … “Thanks.” There’s different strains, however they’re additionally minimal.

As a substitute of Amber taking middle stage, Momoa and Patrick Wilson find yourself teaming up and main many of the movie. Yahya Abdul-Mateen and Nicole Kidman are additionally within the combine.

Not stunning that AH was downplayed — that was being telegraphed relationship again to 2022, when she was on trial after Johnny Depp sued her. Walter Hamada — the ex-Warner Bros. boss — obtained grilled in a deposition, and defined the studio determined to sideline her based mostly on a scarcity of perceived chemistry between her and Momoa, and wanting a distinct story.

After all, Amber’s workforce suspected this was due to every thing that was occurring with Depp on the time — however the studio denied that. In any case, she’s an afterthought within the movie.

As soon as JD scored his W within the trial, many vowed to boycott the movie if she wasn’t dropped from it — however at this level, it is exhausting to inform if the Amber issue actually performed into the field workplace numbers so far … which are not all that nice, regardless of the flick being #1 proper now.

‘Aquaman 2’ is on tempo to make about $40 mil by way of Monday … crappy by superhero film requirements. With that mentioned, it’s going to lead the vacation weekend pack — so … congrats?