![]() We’re women and we don’t fight like that. The man is the hero and they fight like guys. Patty was like, ‘This is beautiful.’ Whenever you have superhero movies, it’s mostly men. Gal: “The great thing about the action sequences in the movie is that it was very much inspired by a Cirque du Soleil show that Patty and I went to watch before the movie. ![]() We did weight training, muscle training, cat training…everything.” I was sore in places that I didn’t know I had muscles. It was like nothing I’ve ever put my body through. Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig in Wonder Woman 1984.ĭid you do a lot of training for the film? Played by top-tier comic powerhouse Kristen Wiig, this complex figure – initially a friend to Wonder Woman – is set to give this 1980s-set sequel just the dose of radical feminine energy that it needs. While one of the very few low points of that finely realised comic book movie (a triumph for director Patty Jenkins) was its decidedly lame and disappointingly generic villain, the ante has been upped for Wonder Woman 1984, with Gal Gadot’s singularly wonderful Wonder Woman this time getting a more well drawn nemesis in the form of Barbara Ann Minerva, a meek and mild washout who eventually transforms into the cat-like super-villain Cheetah. It’s the right fit for Wonder Woman 1984, the long awaited (and long delayed, thanks to the worldwide shit-show that is COVID-19) sequel to the game-changing, crowd-pleasing 2017 smash hit, Wonder Woman. I couldn’t stop laughing on set.” Wiig laughs: “Everyone else was like, ‘Shut up!’” We were very creative, and we wrote songs that we recorded. “While we were shooting the movie, I think everyone was jealous. I just feel really lucky that she’s in my life.” Gadot quickly concurs. We had an amazing time and she’s so funny and warm. She’s one of my favourite people in the whole world and I just love her. “We’ve become very, very, very close friends and it was instant. Wonder Woman 1984 reunites Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins with stars Gal Gadot (Diana Prince), Chris Pine (Steve Trevor), Ewen Bremner (Charlie), Said Taghmaoui (Sameer), Connie Nielsen (Queen Hippolyta), Robin Wright (General Antiope), Lisa Loven Kongsli (Menalippe), Doutzen Kroes (Venelia) and new additions Kristen Wiig ( Ghostbusters) as Barbara Ann Minerva/Cheetah, Pedro Pascal ( Game of Thrones) as Maxwell Lord, and Natasha Rothwell ( Love, Simon), Ravi Patel ( Master of None, Grandfathered) and Gabriella Wilde ( Doctor Who, Poldark) in as-yet-unrevealed roles.“We just keep talking about each other,” laughs Kristen Wiig of her co-star Gal Gadot while doing press together for Wonder Woman 1984. ![]() That’s the same rating as 2017’s Wonder Woman, although that also featured “some suggestive content” between Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince and Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor. Meanwhile, in other news, the sequel has been granted an expected PG-13 rating, receiving the certificate for “sequences of action and violence”. ![]() SEE ALSO: Funko’s Wonder Woman 1984 Pop! Vinyl figures revealed ![]() Then once they start to embrace change, out comes this ugly resentment built up over all those years.” “She reminds me of certain people I’ve known who have such low self-confidence, that they’re always holding themselves back. “What makes Barbara turn into Cheetah is feeling like she’s never been as good as someone like Diana,” said Jenkins. While it remains uncertain whether the film will make it into theaters as planned this August due to the ongoing public health crisis, director Patty Jenkins continues to promote the DC superhero sequel Wonder Woman 1984, with the filmmaker chatting to Syfy Wire about Kristen Wiig’s Barbara Minerva, and her transformation into the supervillain Cheetah. ![]()
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