It’s no secret that director Patty Jenkins had to fight her nails and teeth to realize her vision for the first of the DCEU Wonderful woman film. Onone of the most compelling ideas to get out of Wonder Woman 1984the speech is this, though Jenkins’ first foray into the heroics of Themysciran was a resounding success, was never relaxed enough to step back and let her do it properly.
Because Wonder Woman is such an integral part of DC Comics ’brand identity, it’s easy to understand why the studio could have been as beautiful as it was with IP when Jenkins first began the tumultuous production of the DC Comics. film, when he was first offered to direct one Wonderful woman film in 2007. Jenkins initially rejected Warner-i then signed up, separated from creative differences in 2011—only to return to the helm of the project years later, after abandoning what happened Thor: The dark world. But during a recent conversation with Marc Maron WTF podcast (via Indiewire), Jenkins detailed the intensity with which she felt away from home after being chosen Wonderful woman—So much so that Jenkins thought that the studio only wanted her from an optical point of view.
“They wanted to hire me like a beard,” Jenkins said. “They wanted her to walk the set as a woman, but it was her story and her vision. And my ideas? They didn’t even want to read my script. “
According to Jenkins, a key difference in perspective was the root of the problem that manifested itself because Warner Bros. did not have faith in Jenkins ’own view as a Wonder Woman fan. Where Jenkins wanted me to explore his film ideals and values who plays Wonder Woman, felt that the studio was more interested in dissecting the success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films in an attempt to recreate her with Princess Themysciran.
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“Even when I first came in Wonderful woman it was like “Uhh, yeah, okay, but let’s do it differently,” Jenkins explained. “But he was telling me,‘ Women don’t want to see this. Being tough and tough and cutting people’s heads off … I’m one Wonderful woman they do, it’s not what we’re looking for. ”Still, I could feel that unstable nervousness [on their part] from my point of view “.
Of course, there are always multiple facets in each story and with so many different script and creative teams that were attached to what would be Jenkins. Wonderful woman, there are certain other memories like to which he fell. Given its drastic difference in terms of overall tightness Wonder Woman 1984 ended up being compared to its predecessor, it is interesting to consider what kind of conversations were held behind closed doors in the months leading up to its publication …and what kind of conversations Jenkins and Warner Bros. might have. in the near future.
Wonder Woman 1984 is currently in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.
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