Johnny Depp påstod, da han tog vidneskranken i den igangværende retsag imod ekskone Amber Heard, at hendes anklage om fysisk overgreb ledte til at han mistede roller, deriblandt rollen som Jack Sparrow i Pirates of the Caribbean-serien. Heard selv mener dog også at sagen har haft konsekvenser for hende.
Lige nu sidder hun i vidneskranken, og som Entertainment Weekly skriver har hun afsløret under forhør, at hun både har været ved at miste sin rolle som Mera i Justice League og den kommende Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, og rollen i sidstnævnte er blevet "pared down" grundet Depps "smear campaign".
"I had to fight really hard to keep my career after I got my [restraining order against Depp]. I lost opportunities. I got dropped from jobs and campaigns. I fought to keep my job and the biggest movie opportunity I had to date [with] Justice League with the option to [star in] Aquaman. I had to fight really hard to stay in Justice League because that was the time of the divorce."
"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 spoiler aways, two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role. They just removed a bunch out."
Naturligvis er dette alt sammen påstande indtil videre, og der er endnu ikke fældet dom i sagen, men præcis hvor afgørende Meras rolle i den kommende film ved vi først omkring premieren til næste forår.