In addition to Ben Affleck’s Batman and Henry Cavill’s Superman, Warner Bros. released information on Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman for the Justice League movie.
WONDER WOMAN
If Batman has years of experience to draw on, Wonder Woman has the wisdom of the ages, with countless years of training behind her before she ever stepped into man’s world. Along with her mastery of all forms of combat, she wields her Lasso of Hestia, which compels anyone in its grip to speak the truth, wears bullet-deflecting wrist gauntlets, carries an impenetrable shield, and dons her beloved Aunt Antiope’s treasured headband.
Never afraid to head into battle covertly—she’s been doing so since she first fought for and alongside man in World War I—Diana Prince has been fighting for justice, as Wonder Woman, whenever called upon. Just such a call came when she aided Batman and Superman as they faced off against Doomsday. In winning that fight, Superman was lost, sacrificing himself for the greater good. It’s an act Diana can understand all too well. But already an even greater evil is threatening, and she must join forces with Batman in order to face it.
Gal Gadot, who had barely finished filming “Wonder Woman” when she started “Justice League,” found it easy to slip back into character, but she was nevertheless unprepared for the joy of seeing the League come together.
“Wearing my costume felt like the most normal thing because I had been doing it for six months before,” Gadot states. “But seeing everyone else wearing their own costumes was wonderful. I remember the first three days, I kept looking at all the guys and me in costume, and I just kept laughing because it felt so surreal. So many Super Heroes, standing together. It was really great to be shooting this movie.”
Before the team comes together, they have to be found. All that Bruce knows of most of their various whereabouts is what he confiscated from the LexCorp files and the dossiers Amanda Waller gave him. But he’s kept tabs on Diana, and just as he attempts to reach out to her, she shows up. “The first hero Diana connects with is Batman—more specifically, Bruce Wayne,” says Gadot. “They challenge each other, and although Batman is usually a dark, weary character, and Diana is pure and optimistic, they also have a lot in common: both have been trying to isolate themselves from the world in some way.”
“Wonder Woman is the greatest warrior,” declares Gadot. “She has such amazing strength, but at the same time she can be very, well, human. She cares so much for people and she just wants to make the world a better place because she sees the world as very special. Life is so complicated and we forget about the simple things, but she always remembers them: love, hope, do good in the world. And I think that’s something that everyone can aspire to.”
Like Batman, Wonder Woman has to learn to step out of the shadows, to join forces and eventually take the lead again, on a bigger scale than even she’s ever known. Zack Snyder says, “Like her onscreen counterpart, Gal is a force to be reckoned with, and a joy to work with on and off set. She takes no prisoners, and at the same time has the biggest heart. She is Wonder Woman.”
“Justice League” has a November 17, 2017 release directed by Zack Snyder, with the story by Chris Terrio and Zack Snyder, the screenplay by Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon, and stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon and Willem Dafoe an Atlantean, Nuidis Vulko.
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes—Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The Flash—it may already be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions.
