Patty Jenkinswas making plans to resurrect Steve Trevor before she even killed him.
“[Co-writer] Geoff Johns and I started talking about it.
(One key scene follows Wonder Woman’s invisible jet as it zooms through a firework show.)
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It’s usually the man who’s the primary hero.
So to have a man who’s supporting the woman in her role as the hero is unique.
There’s parity in the relationship and they support one another.
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They bring out the best parts of one another.”
“There is something in their love story that is so timeless and classic.”
“I was sure,” the director explains.
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“It was a very easy dance with Chris,” Gadot says.
With Chris, it was super organic and it was such an easy back and forth.
It felt like a dance."
But part of what made the firstWonder Womanso swoon-worthy was its unprecedented approach to comic-book romance.
He was a smirking hotshot pilot who was constantly awed by her power, but never acted threatened.
(It also helped that they’re played by two very attractive and very charismatic people.)
“Indiana Jones is not going to be such a baby that he’s emasculated.”
“It was in the default of the story,” Gadot adds.
We are women, and we are feminists, and we believe in equality.
“You’re just messing around for hours trying on different things, and him riffing on different things.
On the day, he was like, ‘I don’t know.’
I was like, ‘Believe me, it’s gold.
We’ve got it.'”
Pine says with a laugh.
“Is it like a mushroom trip?
Is it really fun?
It was acting class 101 and playingreallybig emotions.”
“I’m super easy to get to laugh,” Gadot admits.
“He literally calls me Giggles Gadot.”
The first time he watched the final cut, the look on Gadot’s face made him emotional.
“It’s just such a beautifulCasablancamoment,” he says, echoing his costar’s reference.
“The score’s big, and there’s emotion.
She just gave me chills.
Her performance is really spectacular.”
WhenWonder Woman 1984begins, it’s been 66 years since the two lovers said goodbye on that German runway.
Since then, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced Warner Bros. to moveWW84again and again.
And when 2020 has brought so much struggle,Wonder Woman’shopeful vision of 1984 feels particularly appealing.
Video interviews edited by Ethan Bellows.
