Gal Gadot has tonight been unveiled as the cover star on the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine. Inside the magazine is a huge feature building hype for the June release of Wonder Woman 1984.
Speaking of the decade in which the film is set Gadot said “I was born in ’85, but it’s funny, I really do remember, probably more so because of my parents, but it was a such a standout decade as much as it goes with fashion, music, politics. And the look of everything! The colors.”
Speaking of the colours, here’s a look at the cover of the magazine.
The movie opens with Diana Prince working in the Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C., but she lives a quiet, lonely life. “She has not only had the loss of [Chris Pine’s] Steve Trevor,” explains producer Charles Roven, “[but] she’s lost nearly all the people that are important to her because they’re not immortal, and her life is actually quite lonely and spartan. In fact, the only joy that she gets out of it is when she’s actually doing something for people, if she can help those in need.”
Speaking of her villainous role as Barbara Minerva/Cheetah, Kristen Wiig admitted she wasn’t the biggest comic book fan. “I did not really know so much about Cheetah,” the actress admits. “Before I even talked to Patty [Jenkins], there was an idea that maybe it might be about being a villain for the movie, so I went online and looked at all the villains of Wonder Woman to try to figure out which one, because I was so excited, And I was really, really happy to find out it was her.”
“I’ve never really played someone who walks into the room and owns it — especially when she starts out so insecure and self-deprecating,” Wiig adds. “We didn’t want to see Barbara in Cheetah, and I didn’t want to see Kristen in Cheetah, either.”
One of the biggest mysteries in Wonder Woman 1984 is the return of Chris Pine as the long dead Steve Trevor. Pine was tight lipped about his return but did talk about the differences between this version of the character and the one we left in WW1.
“In the first movie, I played the world-weary soldier who has seen all the depravity that humankind is capable of displaying,” the actor says. “And in this one I get to be much more wide-eyed and joyful. My role is really just as a friend, lover, boyfriend-cum-bodyguard who’s trying his best to help Diana on her mission. I’m like the Watson to her Holmes.”
For the rest of the interviews, pick up this weeks copy of EW magazine or head to their website. In the mean time, take a look at these cool new stills which EW has exclusively revealed tonight:
Gal Gadot returns in the role of Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman 1984. The film also stars Kristen Wiig in the role of the Super-Villain The Cheetah, as well as Pedro Pascal. And Chris Pine returns as Steve Trevor. The film is directed by Patty Jenkins.
Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, Patty Jenkins, Stephen Jones and Gal Gadot are producing the film. Rebecca Roven Oakley, Richard Suckle, Wesley Coller, Geoff Johns and Walter Hamada are the executive producers.
Wonder Woman 1984 is set to hit cinemas on June 5, 2020.
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