Dolph Lundgren is unhappy with the final cut of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
In the Aquaman franchise, Lundgren plays King Nereus, the father of Mera, played by Amber Heard.
During the infamous defamation trial between Heard and Johnny Depp, the actress suggested that her role in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom had been cut down due to the negative publicity surrounding the court case.
During the trial, “entertainment industry consultant” Kathryn Arnold suggested that Heard was purposefully left off promotional material for Aquaman 2, while the studio pressured director James Wan to minimise her role as much as possible.
Either way, Mera's role wasn't as big as in the first movie, and that also meant reduced screentime for Lundgren, who says the final product didn't match the initial script.
“I just realized that it was some kind of corporate decision that they try to limit Amber Heard and then I’m playing with her dad and went along with it,” Lundgren explained to ComicBook.com.
"I didn’t see any reason to start reshooting and reshaping the story. I was just disappointed for the moviegoers, because I thought the original script was great and the original cut – I saw a little bit of it, it was really good, so I didn’t see any reason to start reshooting and reshaping the story, which obviously led to disappointment in the moviegoers and not just me.”
The end of the DC Extended Universe
Star Jason Momoa previously confirmed that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom acts as the final chapter in the DC Extended Universe.
Last year, following a string of disappointments commercially and critically, Warner Bros. Discovery shook up DC Studios by bringing in James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Gunn, pretty much immediately, cancelled most long-term plans for the current DC Universe in order to start his own. For example, Henry Cavill was informed that he would not be returning as Superman again despite his cameo in Black Adam.
Aquaman 2 was already well into production before those changes and will finish this Universe, but that doesn't necessarily mean we won't see Momoa as another DC character.
"This is kind of the end of this DC Universe," he said on Jimmy Fallon.
"There will always be a place for me at DC...they like me.
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