Amber Heard and Jason Momoa's Chemistry in 'Aquaman' Had to Be Fabricated With Editing, Exec Testifies
etonline.comAmber Heard and Jason Momoa's chemistry was allegedly fabricated thanks to a bit of movie magic. On Tuesday, amid Johnny Depp's ongoing defamation trial against his ex, the actor's lawyers played Walter Hamada's previous deposition as a rebuttal against some of Heard's team's claims.Hamada, President of DC-based film productions for Warner Bros., said that, in pre-production for the second film, which is due out next year, there was a weeks-long period where the studio considered recasting Heard's role.
It was not, Hamada claimed, due to any comments from Depp or his team, but rather, «It was all concerns about whether she was the right bit of casting for the movie.»«It was the concerns that were brought up at the wrap of the first movie, production of the first movie, which was the issue of chemistry.
Did the two have chemistry?» Hamada testified. «I think editorially they were able to make that relationship work in the first movie, but there was a concern that it took a lot of effort to get there.
Would we be better off recasting, finding someone who had more natural chemistry with Jason Momoa and move forward that way?»Later in his testimony, Hamada returned to the issue of chemistry, claiming that Heard and Momoa «didn't really have a lot of chemistry together.»«The reality is, it's not uncommon on movies for two leads to not have chemistry and that it's sort of movie magic and editorial, the ability to sort of put performances together with the magic of a great score and how you put the pieces together you can fabricate sort of that chemistry,» he said.
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