Amber Heard Shares Details About Mera in AQUAMAN for People Who Don't Know Her

Amber Heard recently sat down with EW to talk about her role as Mera in Aquaman. There was a lot of interesting information in the interview, but I’ll be honest, I don’t know anything about Mera. I’ve never really been interested in Aquaman before, so I loved when the interviewer asked Heard, “She’s a fan favorite for those who’ve read the comics, but for people don’t really know, what can you tell us about her?”

“She’s a warrior who was raised by the queen of Atlantis before she passed. We meet Mera after the queen has long since left and she’s been raised to take over as queen her whole life. She’s been raised to serve her kingdom and rule over Atlantis with King Orm (Patrick Wilson). She’s very disciplined and almost militaristic. She’s fully dedicated to saving her nation and that serves as an impetus to go to the surface world and elicit help from Arthur who’s the polar opposite of Mera — he lives in the moment, he’s confused about his identity, he lacks the purpose and focus that Mera has, which makes them an unlikely duo. But it’s that disparity that makes a nuanced relationship between them. Where one is strong the other is weak and those differences are a conduit for their bonding.”

From what I’ve heard from friends, this does show that they made some changes to Mera. Do you like the changes made to Mera? Did you know much about her before this interview?

Aquaman will be released December 21, 2018.