In 2022, Heard was embroiled in a highly publicised defamation trial against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.
It would result in the 37-year-old being cruelly trolled on social media.
During the trial, the actress alleged that studio executives at Warner Bros. didn’t want to ‘include’ her in the sequel due to her ongoing drama with her former spouse.
“I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it… and they basically took a bunch out of my role,” Heard claimed, via Business Insider.
This accusation was dismissed by then-DC boss Walter Hamada, who said that her role being minimised had nothing to do with Depp.
During his testimony, he said: “I think editorially they were able to make that relationship work in the first movie.