Amber Heard And Johnny Depp Trial Dropped Some Big Stars’ Names

Still on the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial in which Depp is suing his ex-wife Amber Heard for $50 million over her 2018 Washington Post op-ed chronicling her experiences as a domestic violence survivor. ​​Though Heard never mentioned Depp by name, his lawyers maintain that references to him are clear and that the op-ed damaged his career and reputation. 

The Trial kicked off on April 12 and it’s scheduled to round up on May 27. Amid the trials, some movie actors’ names were mentioned during a testimony, here’s why they were mentioned.

Amber Heard — What Have These Actors Got To Do With Your Defamation Trial?

Movie stars like Ana de Armas, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Chris Pine, and Gal Gadot indirectly get mentioned during Johnny Depp’s ongoing defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. But what do those stars have to do with this controversial issue?

The stars have the entertainment industry consultant Kathryn Arnold to thank for bringing up their names in court on Monday. 

Arnold is a paid expert for Heard’s team, she testified that the Heard would have been enjoying the same career success as the aforementioned actors if not for team Depp’s alleged “smear campaign” against her.

“When you look at the time frame of when the Waldman statements came out, and you look at what was going on with Ms. Heard’s career prior to the statement and what happened after the statement, it’s very clear to make that correlation,” Arnold testified, referring to Depp’s attorney, Adam Waldman, who accused Heard of orchestrating an “abuse hoax” in an interview with the Daily Mail in 2020.

“It would have been very reasonable to believe her career would have been on an upward trajectory of those other actors if not for the hoax allegations,” Arnold continued. Instead, she told the court that Heard’s “world has been silent in terms of opportunities.” In all, Arnold estimates the actress suffered $50 million in damages due to Waldman’s quote.

Depp’s team pushed back on that assessment during cross-examination, they argued that Arnold was comparing apples to oranges by relating Heard’s career trajectory to major stars like Jason Momoa, Pine, Gadot, and Zendaya, all of whom, they acknowledged, were either the stars of blockbuster franchises or had higher-profile careers than Heard at that point. For instance, Depp’s team noted that Gadot played a recurring role in the Fast & Furious franchise before joining the DC universe as Wonder Woman, a marquee character in the Justice League. While Arnold called Heard’s 2018 Aquaman role a “star-is-born moment,” she played a supporting role as Mera, an Atlantian princess and love interest to Momoa’s titular superhero.

Amber Heard — Petition For Amber To Be Removed From Aquaman 2

There’s been a Petition to remove Amber Heard from ‘Aquaman 2’ the petition, the petition was launched after Heard played the role of Mera in the original movie that was released in 2018.

“Men are victims of domestic abuse, just like women,” reads the petition’s description. This must be recognized, and action must be taken to prevent a known abuser from being celebrated within the entertainment industry. Do the right thing. Remove Amber Heard from ‘Aquaman 2’.”

Heard previously testified that she had to “fight really hard” to appear as Mera for the first time in 2017’s Justice League, and that her role in Aquaman 2 was significantly pared down after attacks from Depp’s team in the press. “I lost opportunities,” Heard said. “I got dropped from jobs and campaigns. I fought to keep my job and the biggest movie opportunity I had to date [with] Justice League with the option to [star in] Aquaman. I had to fight really hard to stay in Justice League because that was the time of the divorce.”

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