Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom co-star Dolph Lundgren confirmed that before filming the film, his character, King Nereus, and Amber Heard’s Mera had bigger roles.
As many of you know, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom underwent some extensive reshoots after Warner Bros. decided to start over with its DC films and hired James Gunn and Peter Safran to lead the charge.
In a new interview with UPI, Lundgren shared his thoughts on the film, saying, “My opinion is that I thought the original script was great. I was a bigger part of it, and Amber Heard was a bigger part of it. The studio decided: I guess you just need to reshoot a few shots to try to reconstruct a slightly different plot. It’s complicated because you can’t reshoot the whole movie.”
In addition to the reduction of the roles of Lundgren and Heard, director James Wan also cut Michael KeatonIt’s Bruce Wayne from the movie. After that, Ben Affleck he stepped in to film a Batman cameo and then that too was removed in the final cut. Wan and WB decided it would be best to remove Batman altogether.
Lundgren continued, “When you start putting different story elements into something [with which] there was a unit that worked, then you can get into trouble. It was a little frustrating for me. I felt a little disappointed, but life goes on.”
In the end, none of this matters. This is the last Aquaman film and the last film to be released in the DCEU.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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