7/6/2023 0 Comments Gal gadot wonder woman 1984One moment we’re laughing and then the next moment, the cameras were rolling.” And we just have such good chemistry and it was pure fun. When she came to set, we clicked immediately. On co-starring with Kristen Wiig, Gadot said: “Kristen is freaking amazing. I was scared about not getting it to look right, and it took every single second from the moment we started prep to the moment we locked the picture to get it there.” Photograph by Courtesy of Warner Bros. I have to tell you, I always knew that I wanted Cheetah to be in it, but from day one, I knew it had to be right. “From a technical standpoint, executing Cheetah was harrowing. There’s that bitterness I love in Kristen’s performance there, where she’s misunderstanding completely what Diane is trying to tell her. And it was cool to try to make Barbara’s arc organic where it gets to a place where she says and thinks it’s her turn. And interesting to see how Diana’s friend turns into her frenemy, once she realizes that she’s coveting something about her. We’ve talked about how it’s not a purely feminine arc, but it is an arc that makes a lot of sense to women in their friendships that they’ve had in their youth. On creating Cheetah for the screen, Jenkins shared: “The arc between Diana and Barbara was great. I loved that even Wonder Woman faces these same things and goes on the same journey as our villains.” Like we all struggle when we can’t get over grief or when we can’t accept what’s happening in our lives and even when we can’t stop asking for that aspect of ourselves that isn’t present. And I wanted to walk you as the audience up to that place where you’re like, ‘But I want it so bad!’ And that’s true for all of us. Jenkins added: “Yeah while I can’t spoil it, but for me, it was the fact that even Diana, Wonder Woman made & makes the same mistakes other humans do. This is something that I always look into doing when I portray Wonder Woman.” I love strong, powerful women, and I love to play them and to see them onscreen, but there is something more interesting to me to show the flaws, the imperfections, and the vulnerabilities. “I think that it was a very good decision that Patty, Geoff Johns, and Dave Callaham made with the script. Now I am more experienced, I’ve been there, I have more knowledge and all of that, and now something happens to me.” So, it gave me a lot to play with and it was a very different experience than being new and being the fish out of water in the first film. She’s in her full powers and yet she’s lonely and she suffers from the same problems that everyone else suffers from. In this film, she completely and fully understands the complexities of humankind because she is a part of them now. In the first film, she’s looking at humanity from the outside, and speaking up when things are not right, and emphasizing how it should be. On Diana’s journey and how loss transforms her and unlocks something new in her, Gadot told us: “ In the first movie it was the birth of Wonder Woman and for the first time she discovers her full powers, and then she was born. And so, we thought that was hilarious.” Photograph by Courtesy of Warner Bros. On the conscious decision to have Steve Trevor be the one to do a fashion montage and a role reversal of sorts, Jenkins said: “Almost in a funny relationship moment to where it’s like the guy would say to the girl, like, you take forever getting the shoes on the other foot and it’s like it’s you know, it’s like he’s very picky about what he’s going to wear to win. And I thought, why not seize the day on the heels of a successful film where they’re letting us get away with it to try to aim for the sky and like, do the biggest visual thing we could do. On how she technically re-created the 80s to give the film an authentic feel, Jenkins shared: “ I was striving to make a great movie and for people to get a full ’80s feel from this film without a ton of 80s jokes or tracks. We chatted with Gadot & Jenkins about the technical challenges of creating Cheetah & the ‘80s for the screen, Diana’s more vulnerable transformation in this film, the film’s timely & relevant themes, and so much more! Barbara Minerva/ Cheetah ( Kristen Wiig ) and Max Lord ( Pedro Pascal ). Wonder Woman 1984 ( WW84) will be the first blockbuster of its kind to be released in theaters and on HBO Max this Christmas! WW84 sees Diane Prince/Wonder Woman in the ’80s with new threats in friend-turned-foe Dr. Director Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot on set.The Beat got to have an exclusive chat with the dynamic duo, who I’ve dubbed cinematic soulmates, director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot about their highly anticipated next chapter in the Wonder Woman series, Wonder Woman 1984 !
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