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.
“What makes Barbara turn into Cheetah is feeling like she’s never been as good as someone like Diana,” said Jenkins. “She reminds me of certain people I’ve known who have such low self-confidence, that they’re always holding themselves back. Then once they start to embrace change, out comes this ugly resentment built up over all those years.”
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Meanwhile, in other news, the sequel has been granted an expected PG-13 rating, receiving the certificate for “sequences of action and violence”. 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.
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.
