Amber Heard denies report claiming she’s been dropped from Aquaman 2

Amber Heard has denied a report claiming she’s been dropped from her upcoming film amid the fallout from her latest interview about Johnny Depp.

Amber Heard has denied a report that she is getting cut from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and her role as Mera is being recast.

“Warner Brothers decided to recast Amber Heard’s role after screen testing the movie,” an insider reportedly told gossip website JustJared.

They were allegedly going to be doing reshoots with stars Jason Momoa and Nicole Kidman, who plays the Queen of Atlantis in the franchise, the source claimed.

Nicole Kidman, Jason Momoa and Amber Heard at the 2018 premiere of Aquaman. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images.

However, a representative for Heard quickly denied the report to news.com.au, saying the “rumour mill continues as it has from day one” and that it was “inaccurate, insensitive, and slightly insane.”

The troubled actress’ removal comes after her highly-publicised defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp.

During her highly publicised defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp, the 36-year-old actress claimed Warner Brothers “didn’t want to include” her in the DC Comics sequel.

Amber Heard on the set of Aquaman. Picture: Instagram.

The actress has denied being cut from the upcoming sequel. Picture: AFP.

Heard also noted that she was “actively scheduling timing for filming” the superhero movie up until Depp’s legal team reportedly launched a campaign against her. She said her scenes were drastically diminished in the film.

“I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it, that depicted my character and another character, without giving any spoilers away, two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role,” she told the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom. “They just removed a bunch out.”

Heard’s WME agent, Jessica Kovacevic, testified during the trial that Warner Bros. claimed it was Heard’s “lack of chemistry” with her Aquaman co-star Jason Momoa that almost got her canned. However, Momoa allegedly advocated for the actress to keep the role.

Kovacevic also discussed Heard’s career before and after her relationship with Depp, 58, saying she should have become a major star after the first movie’s premiere in late 2018, which grossed over $1 billion.

Amber Heard is set to speak out in an upcoming interview on NBC's Today Show. Picture: Supplied.

Viewers have petitioned Warner Bros. for months to remove Heard from Aquaman 2 amid her legal battles with the Pirates of the Caribbean star.

The recasting rumour comes on the same day a snippet of Heard’s interview with Today show host Savannah Guthrie aired on NBC.

“To my dying day, I will stand by every word of my testimony,” she told Guthrie.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been reproduced here with permission