By Mark Gray
12:04pm PDT, Oct 11, 2023
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Amber Heard was apparently on the verge of getting the boot from "Aquaman 2″ until her ex-boyfriend, Elon Musk, threatened to get involved. On Oct. 10, Variety reported that the SpaceX founder really flexed his muscle to ensure that Amber would appear in "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom," which debuts in December.
A behind-the-scenes source alleged that Elon sent a threatening "scorched earth" letter to Warner Bros. — the studio behind the superhero sequel — demanding that Amber return to the role of Aquaman's main love interest, Mera.
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There were legitimate conversations surrounding whether or not Amber Heard should appear in the "Aquaman" sequel following her headline-making legal battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp, which left her reputation badly tarnished.
But former love Elon Musk wasn't about to stand for it.
"Musk had one of his litigators send a 'scorched-earth letter to Warner Bros. threatening to burn the house down' if the actress wasn't brought back for a sequel," a source familiar with the situation told Variety.
Ultimately, the studio "caved" and left Amber in the movie — albeit with a diminished role.
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During her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp, Amber Heard said "Aquaman" producers didn't want to include her in the film's sequel because of her messy, headline-making divorce. However, DC boss Walter Hamada actually took the stand in court to argue that it was Amber's lack of chemistry with star Jason Momoa that led to her near-ouster.
"There was a concern that it took a lot of effort to get there [in the first film] and that would we be better off finding someone with more natural chemistry with Jason Momoa and move forward that way," Walter said.
Variety reported that Amber had tension with Jason and "Aquaman" director James Wan.
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Elon Musk and Amber Heard dated off and on from 2016 to 2018, but they actually met several years earlier — before her 15-month marriage to Johnny Depp. At one point, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor reportedly suspected that Elon and Amber were having an affair. There was even suspicion that the duo were involved in a "throuple" with model Cara Delevingne.
Amber and the Tesla founder have long maintained that they didn't begin dating until after she split from Johnny.
"Cara and I are friends, but we've never been intimate. She would confirm this," Elon told Page Six in 2020. "Also, I wish to confirm again that Amber and I only started going out about a month after her divorce filing. I don't think I was ever even in the vicinity of Amber during their marriage!"
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Back in 2017, Elon Musk spoke to Rolling Stone about Amber Heard: "I was really in love, and it hurt bad. Well, she broke up with me more than I broke up with her," he said, adding that he was in "severe emotional pain" following the split.
Elon Musk's biographer, Walter Isaacson, said the billionaire was distraught after his breakup from Amber.
"Part of the theme of this life is this person is attracted to drama and storm. When things are calm, he surges — he buys Twitter or whatever. So, this is true of the relationship with Amber. Nothing hurt him more than that relationship," Walter said on an episode of the "On With Kara Swisher" podcast. He later said, "She and Musk would stay up all night fighting, and then he would not be able to get up until the afternoon."
In Elon's biography, Amber said she loved the Tesla founder "very much" but added that "Elon loves fire and sometimes it burns him."
