Wanting to keep the role for his ex-girlfriend, billionaire Elon Musk threatens to burn down the film studio

On October 10, Variety published a behind-the-scenes article full of drama for Aquaman 2 , which mentioned that Amber Heard was almost fired from the second part of the hit movie Aquaman.

Elon Musk and Amber Heard during their dating period.

According to the source, after Aquaman was released in 2018, the studio decided to drop the actress because she did not get along with Momoa. This person emphasized that the move to remove Heard had nothing to do with Depp and took place before the Pirates of the Caribbean actor filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife in 2019.

Variety reported that Warner Bros. decided to keep Heard's role because of pressure from billionaire Elon Musk. Sources told Variety that the Tesla boss threatened to burn down the studio if he did not keep his ex-girlfriend Amber Heard in the role. Ultimately, the studio agreed to the request.

Elon Musk and Amber Heard have known each other since 2012, but the two started dating in 2016, after Heard's marriage to Johnny Depp fell apart. The Twitter boss (now X) and the Aquaman actress dated for two years, breaking up in February 2018.

However, in the court case against his wife, Johnny Depp presented evidence that Elon Musk repeatedly came to his home to look for Amber Heard while the Pirates of the Caribbean actor had not yet divorced his wife.

In 2018, Amber Heard gained attention for playing the lead role of Princess Mera in Aquaman alongside Jason Momoa. A year later, Johnny Depp sued his wife, claiming that the article in which she claimed to have suffered domestic abuse had ruined his career. At that time, hundreds of thousands of people supported Depp, writing a petition to have the actress removed from the role.

In a 2022 trial, Amber Heard countersued Depp, claiming her ex-husband cost her the role. But according to leaked information from the film crew, Warner Bros. testified in the defamation trial that the studio wanted to remove her simply because she didn't interact with the male lead.

(Source: tienphong.vn)

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