It is the top-earning film from a solo woman director at the domestic and international box office. “Wonder Woman” grossed over $821 million worldwide, and more than $412 million domestically. I was extremely aware that I had to make sure I was being paid what the male equivalent would be.” “But I’ve never been more aware of a duty than I was in this deal. “You’re of course aware of the money,” she said. She’s previously spoken about feeling a particular responsibility to fight for fair pay for the project. Jenkins became history’s highest-paid female filmmaker with her “Wonder Woman 1984” paycheck. The Reagan era-set pic sees Diana taking on two new villains, Cheetah (Kristen Wiig) and Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), and reuniting with Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). “Wonder Woman 1984” hits theaters August 14. You have to be able to have all these things. “I’m like, Well, that’s not a main character. There’s this list of things they can’t have, to prove ,” Jenkins observed. “There’s been such fear that a female character…couldn’t be vulnerable and they couldn’t be funny and they couldn’t have love. She’s an Amazon, but she’s also a person. Instead, they just make her recognizable and three-dimensional. Yet none of these aspects about her negate her heroism or her bravery. She’s also so guileless that it’s funny, and can be frustratingly stubborn. That’s where it was the most challenging - the world not thinking a female superhero could be powerful.”ĭiana is undoubtedly powerful - she made it through No Man’s Land, after all - but that’s not where her character begins and ends. “She’s a whole-bodied hero who stands for goodness, but also love and compassion and kindness. “She was an inspiration and no part of her made me feel that I couldn’t also be a woman, and also be a mother, and also be a wife or a girlfriend or a partner, ” Jenkins explained. However, Wonder Woman’s heroism doesn’t dictate her entire identity: she’s a multi-faceted person. Diana is a hero because she’s dedicated to love and kindness, not in spite of it. I love that about Wonder Woman and it was one of the things I felt the most passionate about being maintained, because it was something that I loved about her growing up,” she recalled, referencing the “Wonder Woman” comics. “Heroism involves keeping your love and compassion intact while you try to change the world. Jenkins cites empathy as her “favorite thing” about Wonder Woman, who is portrayed by Gal Gadot. And it’s no coincidence that those traits are, generally speaking, considered to be feminine. As Patty Jenkins, the director of 2017 smash hit “Wonder Woman” and its upcoming sequel “ Wonder Woman 1984,” sees it, love, compassion, kindness, and goodness are the keys to Diana’s heroism. Wonder Woman - aka Diana Prince, aka Diana, Princess of Themyscira - has super strength, dons bullet-deflecting bracelets, wields a lasso that compels people to tell the truth, and is quite literally a goddess.
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