It’s no secret that director Patty Jenkins had to fight tooth and nail to realize her vision for the first of the DCEU Wonder Woman Movie. Oone of the more compelling ideas to come out Wonder Woman 1984‘s discourse is it, even if Jenkins’ first foray into the heroism of Themysciran a resounding success, it never quite relaxed enough to come back and get her done 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 precious as with the IP, when Jenkins was first brought into the turbulent production of the film. , when she was first offered to direct Wonder Woman film in 2007. Jenkins initially rejected Warner – and dan reported, leaving on creative differences in 2011—only to return to direct the project years later after she left what became Thor: The Dark World. But during a recent conversation about Marc Maron WTF podcast (via Indiewire), Jenkins went into detail about how intense she feels along the sidelines after being tapped for. Wonder Woman– so much so that it seemed to Jenkins that the studio only wanted her to work for optics.
“They wanted to hire me like a beard,” Jenkins said. “They wanted me to walk around the set as a woman, but that was their story and their vision. And my ideas? They did not even want to read my script. ”
According to Jenkins, a fundamental difference in perspectives was at the root of the problem manifesting as Warner Bros. who did not trust Jenkins’ own position as a Wonder Woman fan. Where Jenkins wanted her film to be ideals and values who personifies Wonder Woman, she feels that the studio is more interested in dissecting the success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films in an attempt to recreate it with the Themysciran princess.
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‘Even when I first joined Wonder Woman it was like, ‘Uhh, yeah, OK, but let’s do it the other way,’ ‘Jenkins explained. “But I was like, ‘Women don’t want to see this.’ She’s hard and tough and cuts people’s heads off … I’m a Wonder Woman fan, this is not what we are looking for. ‘Yet I could feel that shaky nervousness [on their part] from my point of view. ”
Of course, there are always several sides to every story, and with so many different manuscripts and creative teams attached to what Jenkins would become. Wonder Woman, there are probably other memories like to what went down. Given how drastically different in terms of overall density Wonder Woman 1984 finally compared to its predecessor, it is interesting to reflect on what kind of conversations were held in closed doors before the release –and what kind of conversations Jenkins and Warner Bros. had. can feed in the near future.
Wonder Woman 1984 is currently in theaters and stream on HBO Max.
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