Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins went back and forth with Warner Bros. on a handful of issues surrounding the DC Extended Universe film, such as the CGI-filled battle with Ares the studio wanted for the third act. However, while she may have lost that particular battle, she did get her way when it comes to one manner in which the Amazon could have disposed of her enemies.
"There was such mistrust of a different way of doing things and a different point of view," Jenkins explained on Marc Maron's WTF podcast. "So that was definitely happening, even when I first joined Wonder Woman it was like, 'Uhh, yeah, ok, but let’s do it this other way.' But I was like, 'Women don’t want to see that. Her being harsh and tough and cutting people’s heads off, that’s not what— I’m a Wonder Woman fan, that’s not what we’re looking for.' Still, I could feel that shaky nervousness [on their part] of my point of view."
Jenkins' comments are in reference to a recently released image from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice shared by director Zack Snyder. The image was a placeholder that was eventually replaced by the photo of Diana Prince, Steven Trevor and company during World War I. This version -- which features Wonder Woman clutching the severed heads of her enemies -- would have been taken during the Crimean War, which saw the likes of the Ottoman Empire, France and the British Empire defeat the Russian Empire and Kurdish rebels in the 1850s. Notably, this was the first major war to feature photographic documentation.
Diana Prince can currently be seen in Wonder Woman 1984.
Directed and co-written by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal and Natasha Rothwell. The film is now in theaters and on HBO Max.
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