Patty Jenkins talks tension with Warner Bros on Wonder Woman

It’s no secret that director Patty Jenkins had to fight tooth and nail to achieve her vision for the first DCEU Wonder woman movie. Oone of the most compelling ideas to come out Wonder Woman 1984speech of was that, although Jenkins’ first foray into Themysciran’s heroism was a resounding success, it was never relaxed enough to pull back and let her do her thing properly.

With Wonder Woman being an integral part of DC Comics’ brand identity, it’s easy to see why the studio could have been as valuable as it was with intellectual property when Jenkins was first brought to the tumultuous production of the film, when it was. first offered to lead a Wonder woman film in 2007. Jenkins initially refused Warner – and then registered, left Creative Differences in 2011—only to return to the head of the project years later, after leaving what has become Thor: The Dark World. But in a recent conversation about Marc Maron WTF Podcast (via Indiewire), Jenkins went into detail about how left out she felt after being put on Wonder woman– so much so that for Jenkins, it seemed like the studio only wanted her for the optics.

“They wanted to hire me like a beard,” Jenkins said. “They wanted me to walk around the set as a woman, but that was their story and their vision. What about my ideas? They didn’t even want to read my script.

According to Jenkins, a fundamental difference in outlook was at the root of the problem which manifested itself in Warner Bros.’s lack of confidence in Jenkins’ perspective as a fan of Wonder Woman. Where Jenkins wanted his film to explore the ideals and values As Wonder Woman embodies, she felt the studio was more interested in dissecting the success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films with the goal of recreating it with Princess Themysciran.

“Even when I first joined Wonder woman it was like, ‘Uh, yeah, okay, but let’s do it a different way,’ ”Jenkins explained. “But I was like, ‘Women don’t want to see this. She’s tough and tough and cuts off people’s heads … I’m a Wonder woman fan, that is not what we are looking for. Still I could feel this trembling nervousness [on their part] from my point of view.

Of course, there are always multiple sides to every story, and with so many different scripts and creative teams attached to what would become Jenkins. Wonder woman, there will certainly be other memories like to what happened. Considering the drastic difference in terms of overall sealing Wonder Woman 1984 ended up being compared to its predecessor, it’s interesting to consider what types of conversations took place behind closed doors in the months leading up to its release.and what kinds of discussions Jenkins and Warner Bros. might have in the near future.

Wonder Woman 1984 is currently in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.

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