Johnny Depp trial: Amber Heard hits back at claims ex-husband got her Aquaman role

Amber Heard performed Mera in Aquaman (Image: Warner Bros./REX/AP)

Amber Heard hit again at claims that Johnny Depp was behind her being solid for Aquaman throughout a tense cross-examination.

The 36-year-old performed Mera within the superhero flick, which was launched in 2018, alongside Jason Momoa.

Whereas on the stand earlier on Tuesday, Depp’s lawyer, Camille Vasquez, recommended that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 58, was the one to get her the function – one thing she denied.

‘Johnny Depp bought you Aquaman, didn’t he?’ she questioned.

Heard merely replied: ‘I bought Aquaman for myself,’ earlier than cross-examination concluded.

After a quick re-questioning from her lawyer, she completed giving proof and left the stand.

Heard appeared on the stand for cross-examination (Image: EPA)

Depp is suing Heard for $50million (Image: AP)

Earlier in her testimony, she advised the courtroom that her function in Aquaman 2 was ‘pared-down’, claiming that she needed to ‘struggle’ to stay a part of the sequel.

Chatting with the courtroom on Monday, she stated: ‘I needed to struggle to, I fought actually exhausting to remain within the film, they didn’t wish to embrace me within the movie.’

‘A really pared-down model of that function, sure,’ she replied, when requested whether or not she was capable of shoot for the function.

‘They took away rather a lot…I used to be given a script and given new variations of the script that had taken away scenes that had motion in it, that depicted my character and one other character, with out giving any spoilers away, two characters preventing with each other, they mainly took a bunch out of my function.

‘They simply eliminated a bunch out.’

A petition calling for her elimination from the film has handed 4.2million signatures on the time of writing.

Depp is in search of $50million (£40m) in damages and suing his ex-wife for libel relating to an op-ed she wrote within the Washington Put up in 2018, which his legal professionals say falsely implies he bodily and sexually abused her throughout their relationship – one thing he has denied.

The trial began final month and has already seen the Edward Scissorhands star take to the stand, alongside his safety guard and their former couple’s therapist.

Heard is countersuing for $100million (£81m), alleging that he libeled her by calling her a liar.

The trial continues.