We’re now just less than a week away from the release of Wonder Woman, the fourth instalment of the DC Extended Universe, and in a refreshing change for the DCEU, there’s plenty of positive buzz for the movie among both fans and critics, with some even proclaiming it to be the best entry in Warner Bros.’ fledgling superhero universe.
It hasn’t all been plain sailing for Wonder Woman though, as there were a number of unsubstantiated rumours during the production claiming that the film was “a mess” – reports that director Patty Jenkins has now addressed during an interview with Collider.
“That was actually the most frustrating thing when somebody made up the rumor that it was a mess and I was like ‘Really? A mess?It’s the opposite, it is so steady, it’s been so even keel and steady,’” states Jenkins. “It’s been such an opposite experience. The rumor mill of these movies has been quite something to behold. I tried to learn to tune it out but the one thing I want to say to readers because it truly was stunning to me to watch is you truly can’t believe how absolutely false certain things are until you’re on the inside of one these things. You’re like there’s not even kind of where there’s smoke, there’s fire. There is absolutely lies.”
“You want to [respond] and then you have to restrain yourself because you’ll go crazy if you start doing that all the time, she continues. “Definitely I was angry about the rumor that it was a mess because it was clearly a lie, it was clearly based on someone who had zero experience because there wasn’t anybody that you would be able to find that said that. It’s been totally smooth. You know, everybody else was busy on doing other movies and we were chugging along, without any drama… You have to make the movie and get to the other side of it. I’ve been fucking dying to show the movie as a result.”
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Jenkins went on to reveal that the final cut of the movie is almost identical to that of the first cut, and that we shouldn’t expect to see any deleted scenes (or the customary DCEU extended edition) when the film arrives on Blu-ray:
“What amazes me is how little has actually changed from the first cut other than tightening. Little changes to the final battle, that was really it. I think that what I ended up finding about the final battle was I was hitting emotional points for Diana that I really wanted to hit but I felt a craving for some other kinds of emotional gratification and engagement that we tried to accentuate even more. I think what you learn is rhythm, tone, humor where the jokes are happening but in our case, I just now can finally say all this. We didn’t cut one scene in this movie nor did we change the order of one scene in this movie from the script that we went in shooting with… We’ve got the DVD now, they keep wanting to put cut scenes and there aren’t any.”
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Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
Wonder Woman will hit cinemas on June 1st in the UK and June 2nd in North America, with Patty Jenkins (Monster) directing a cast that includes Gal Gadot (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Chris Pine (Star Trek), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), Robin Wright (House of Cards), Danny Huston (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), David Thewlis (The Theory of Everything), Ewen Bremner (Snowpiercer), Said Taghmaoui (American Hustle), Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In), Lisa Loven Kongsli (Force Majeure), Lucy Davis (Shaun of the Dead) and Ann Wolf.
Originally published May 27, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
