Zack Snyder’s Justice League has made numerous changes from Joss Whedon’s 2017 version, enough to say, that it’s practically another movie. But the strangest of all is not the return of the Joker, nor Darkseid’s Anti-Life Equation, but the accent of Mera, the character played by Amber Heard.
Heard has played the Atlantean warrior Mera in both versions of Justice League and Aquaman, and her return in the Snyder’s Cut has been criticized by fans given her legal feud with Johnny Depp. But beyond the controversy, the character has changed his accent in the film, and with it also his temperament.
While the actress used her normal American accent in the 2017 version of Justice League and Aquaman, in the Snyder Cut she has a distinctly British accent, or something like that. This unusual weird voice change, didn’t really sit well with the character, or with fans who made sure to express their opinion on social media.
The justification is that in the original version of Snyder’s ustice League, prior to the premiere in 2017, Heard used the British accent, but changed it to American in Whedon’s reshoots.
In the same way, she later used her normal voice in Aquaman, but Snyder wanted to be faithful to the original footage, using previously recorded scenes, so the actress has attempted a British accent in the Knightmare sequence, which was a completely new sequence filmed particularly for the Snyder’s Cut.
Curiously, this more aristocratic British accent corresponds to the interpretation of the Atlanteans in the Snyderverse. They are an ancient breed, like the Amazons, and none of them have an American accent. However, Aquaman does have it, as a way of exhibiting his distinction even among his own people.
Other Atlanteans featured in the film also have a strong British accent, so it seems like a creative decision by Snyder himself. However, this isn’t the case with Vulko, the character of Willem Dafoe, who has an American accent in both Justice League and Aquaman, although in Joss Whedon’s version he does not appear.
This accent dance has disoriented some fans, who do not appreciate that these types of details have been overlooked.
https://twitter.com/heavyspoilers/status/1372668871929397256?s=21
Them amber heard mera stans saw 30 seconds of her in the Snyder cut with a bad accent and literally doing this 🧍♀️😬 in her scenes and said “OMG NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER THAN HER BEST ACTOR”! Girl literally any woman actor can do it better. pic.twitter.com/I0goUXI4fg
— ツ Ky ⁷ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐ (@kyLauvly) March 21, 2021
https://twitter.com/king_james019/status/1372733919414648832?s=21
WHY DID AMBER HEARD GIVE MERA A BRITISH ACCENT AHAHHAHAHA
— h⚡️ddn (@prodbyhiddn) March 22, 2021
https://twitter.com/shareenuh/status/1374421075770011650?s=21
Amber Heard having a British accent in #ZackSnydersJusticeLeague had me like pic.twitter.com/6nsRINadky
— Tom Smith (@Tom_Smith717) March 18, 2021
Zack Snyder gave Mera an accent in ZSJL to set up Amber Heard being fired and hiring Emilia Clarke instead it's the only explanation
— Nab🇵🇸 (@nab1803) March 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/helenawayneblog/status/1372977394609446920?s=21
https://twitter.com/willowhalliwell/status/1372637584682270723?s=21
i think my favorite weird detail from the snyder cut is how amber heard is doing a british accent in her scenes? clearly by the time the reshoots came around they had decided she was just gonna be american in the aquaman movie lmao
— largest rodent (@capybaroness) March 19, 2021
If you accept that amber heard has a bad British accent in Justice league but a regular American accent in Aquaman you can never comment on Elizabeth Olsen's accent as Wanda.
— Marwan Imam (@TheOnlyWarman) March 21, 2021
