According to variety, the president of DC film said in the Depp libel case on Tuesday that they did consider changing other actors to play Sea King 2 out of concern about the chemical reaction between ameber Hilde and starring Jason MoMA.
In fact, Hilde eventually starred in the sequel.
However, Hilde's lawyer believes that Johnny Depp almost lost her job due to her allegations of domestic violence and was unable to negotiate for more pay. Therefore, she claims $100 million in compensation from Depp.
Walter Hamada, head of Warner Bros. DC department, was a witness summoned by Depp. He confirmed that the abuse allegations did not play any role in the casting of Sea King 2. The reason why she almost didn't get the role was as mentioned above - the senior management didn't think highly of the chemical reaction between her and Jason MoMA.
Hamada said: "they didn't have much chemical reaction when they were together". For the sake of film effect, in sea king, they finally used 'film magic' - that is, using the environment and soundtrack to set off the scene atmosphere to achieve their purpose. Using "film magic", the production team had to spend more energy on post production.
"When you see it, you know - this chemical reaction doesn't actually exist."
While referring to Hilde's claim that the play was deleted, Hamada claimed that her role has not changed much since the release of the Sea King Series in 2018.
