Amber Heard revealed her feelings ahead of her return to the film’s sequel (Picture: Warner Bros/Getty)
Amber Heard has spoken about her return to the Aquaman franchise and revealed the ‘pressure’ she felt ahead of her Mera role revival.
The 37-year-old actress expressed how she was feeling about coming back to the DC Extended Universe and admitted she felt ‘honoured’ to be a part of the production.
However, despite her excitement she acknowledge the expectations she was facing ahead of filming.
Having come off the back of her latest flick In The Fire, the star opened up about the differences between the two projects and explained how she was adapting to her next venture.
Amber said: ‘These are very different kinds of projects representing two very different ends of the spectrum in my industry.’
The A-lister continued telling Deadline: ‘There’s a ton of pressure on these big franchise movies, with millions and millions of dollars at stake, and compromises are part of trying to make it the most successful thing it can be.
The star first played the role in 2018 (Picture: Getty Images)
She played Mera in the superhero movie (Picture: Warner Bros)
‘Then on the other end of the spectrum is a small indie film like In The Fire, a work of art and work of love, with nowhere near the same resources, and so there are compromises there.
‘The best luck you can have as an actor is to be able to balance both. Aquaman, that franchise and the machinery behind it, I’m very honoured, honoured to be a part of that.
‘And then there are these small passion projects like In The Fire, where I’m proud to have gotten to know the filmmaker and the cast, and we got dirty together, to breathe life into this story.
She admitted she was feeling the ‘pressure’ (Picture: Getty Images)
The actress compared her latest projects (Picture: Getty Images)
‘There’s something cool about that, and I think success is an actor who is able to have both those things.’
Amber first starred in the superhero movie in 2018 but faced fan backlash after her involvement in a court case with her ex Johnny Depp – following which a petition was drawn up to have her removed from the cast.
Despite negative reactions, film producer Peter Safran dismissed the idea and backed up the choice to keep the star playing her part as Mera.
He said: ‘I don’t think we’re ever going to react to, honestly, pure fan pressure. You gotta do what’s best for the movie.
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‘We felt that if it’s [director] James Wan and [star] Jason Momoa, it should be Amber Heard. That’s really what it was.
‘One is not unaware of what is going on in the Twitter-verse, but that doesn’t mean you have to react to it or take it as gospel or accede to their wishes. You have to do what’s right for the film, and that’s really where we landed on it.’
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‘I’m very honoured, honoured to be a part of that’.