Gal Gadot became the epitome of beauty and a femme fatale personality when she portrayed the iconic role of Wonder Woman in the DCEU. Before Gadot, however, Angelina Jolie was put into heavy consideration for the role by none other than The Avengers director Joss Whedon.
Having written a script involving the princess of Themiscyra, Whedon had imagined Angelina Jolie in the iconic role. Praising the Maleficent actress for her notable skills, Whedon went on to give a pretty detailed answer on how he saw Jolie as the Wonder Woman.
The Avengers Director Imagined Angelina Jolie As Wonder Woman
Long before Gal Gadot was cast in the role of Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Joss Whedon was already two steps ahead. In 2005, the director had already written a script for Warner Bros.
The script involved Wonder Woman and the inspiration for the Themiscyrian princess, Joss Whedon picked out none other than Angelina Jolie for the role. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Whedon talked about his script which was never made, and why he put Jolie as the lead inspiration for Wonder Woman.
“For me, Wonder Woman was basically Angelina Jolie. She spends a lot of time flying around. She works in a lot of different countries. She’s very global. And she’s appalled by the way people treat each other.”
Well, director Patty Jenkins took the reins of the character when she created the iconic 2017 DCEU solo movie, Wonder Woman which was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews. Veteran director James Cameron had some problems in the beginning but he later clarified that he missed out on a part.
James Cameron Loved Wonder Woman
Back when the first part was released, Cameron revealed in an interview with Time that he missed out on something that he originally didn’t see in the first watch of Wonder Woman. Talking about how he thought the movie objectified females, Cameron took his words back and clarified the matter later on.
“I don’t have an issue with ‘Wonder Woman.’ I loved the movie. What was elusive to me at the moment was it’s OK if the woman wants to be beautiful and dress well not for the male gaze, but for her own gaze in the mirror, right? I had maybe missed that part of it at the time.”
He further continued,
“It was necessary to have a female director own a major action movie, though Kathryn Bigelow had been doing that for a while.”
With high ratings, director Patty Jenkins made a sequel that received average ratings and wasn’t able to live up to its predecessor. While working on the third part, Jenkins walked out off the movie set due to some disagreement with Warner Bros. and the shifting powers in the newly formed DCU. Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984 are available to stream on Max in the U.S.
