AMBER HEARD has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the troubled film adaptation of Martin Amis’ “London Fields,” over the recording of an “explicit pornographic sex scene” involving the actor’s body double. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Heard is suing Christopher Hanley and his wife Roberta, the film’s screenwriter, for violating a “nudity rider” included in her contract by shooting footage that she had no knowledge of after she had left the set. Heard’s lawyer says that the footage, featured in a producer’s cut of the film, was edited so as to leave audiences “with the distinct impression that it was Heard” in the scene. In response, the film’s producers filed a suit against Heard, who they alleged had “breached performance and promotional obligations” and had mounted a “misguided and unlawful conspiratorial campaign” against the film. Published in 1989, “London Fields” is one of Amis’ best-known books. A film adaptation of the book first went into production in 2001, with David Cronenberg attached to direct. Matthew Cullen signed on to make the film in 2013. (SD-Agencies) |