News circulating on social media over Amber Heard’s role as Mera has been cut from ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ has been the talk of the town of 2022.
The news was later denied by the movie director, however, after a trailer of the Aquaman sequel was released, fans were once again confused as Amber, the female lead in 2018’s first Aquaman film, barely appeared in the sequel’s sneak peek.
The 37-year-old actress is seen for one fleeting moment or maybe two in the first full trailer for the DC sequel. In one, Mera is seen trapped underwater; in another, she may be seen from a distance, holding a baby at a picnic in front of a lighthouse on dry land.
It’s a huge change from the first film, which largely focused on the romantic relationship between Jason’s superhero protagonist Arthur Curry, and Amber’s Mera.
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However, in the trailer, Arthur describes himself as a ‘husband and a father’ and is seen caring for a baby, whose mother is presumably Mera. The social media users have speculated that Mera may be killed off early in the movie, but there’s no concrete proof of that yet.
Besides Heard and Mamoa, the movie also stars Nicole Kidman as Arthur’s mother Atlanna, Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the supervillain, Black Manta, who possesses a destructive and all-powerful object known as the Black Trident. The movie is set to hit theatres globally on December 20, 2023.
