Gal Gadot On WONDER WOMAN 3 Cancellation And Post-Diana Career: "I Feel Empowered"

Gal Gadot On WONDER WOMAN 3 Cancellation And Post-Diana Career: "I Feel Empowered"

During a new interview, Gal Gadot all-but confirmed that she is finished playing Wonder Woman, and likely won't be reprising the role for James Gunn and Peter Safran in the new DCU...

By MarkCassidy - Jun 19, 2023 10:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Wonder Woman

Gal Gadot made a brief appearance as Wonder Woman in The Flash, but that might well end up being the final time we see her as the iconic DC Comics character.

The actress was all set to reprise the role of Diana for Wonder Woman 3 with WW84 director Patty Jenkins back at the helm, but the movie was shelved when James Gunn and Peter Safran took over as co-heads of the recently implemented DC Studios.

Though Gunn hasn't outright confirmed that Gadot is "done" as Diana, the Heart of Stone star indicated that she has moved on from playing the hero during a recent interview with Total Film.

"To me, starting and developing stories that I'm passionate about is an incredible thing. The fact that I don't have to sit still at home and just wait for the next offer is something that makes me feel empowered. I enjoy doing it, it keeps me alive," said Gadot. "I'm not only going to do my own projects, I'm going to work as an actress-for-hire still. But the fact that I can go ahead and tell the stories that I'm passionate about – from ideas that I conceived, or from ideas that I find fascinating from people that want to partner with us – it's an incredible thing."

Though Gadot doesn't mention Wonder Woman specifically, it certainly sounds like she's ready to leave the character behind and focus on new projects.

As far as we know, there are no current plans for Wonder Woman in the first chapter of the DCU slate, "Gods and Monsters," but a Max TV series titled Paradise Lost is in development that will focus on “a Game of Thrones-type story about Themyscira,” which could lay the groundwork for a new take on the character to be introduced down the line.

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Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 6/19/2023, 10:41 PM
Tbh my interest in her version of the character pretty much died with WW84. She was never a particularly strong actress and so without decent material to make her Diana interesting there wasn’t much there. I enjoyed what we got in WW and ZSJL but I’m happy to move on. I’d like it if they took some inspiration from Brian Azzarello’s run with the modern day Greek Pantheon stuff. If fizzled out by the end but seeing how they’ve adapted to modern society, seeing how Diana fits in (or doesn’t) with the other god, and seeing various other Demi-gods was a pretty cool take
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/19/2023, 10:44 PM


Goodbye Gal.

She was not the perfect casting for Wonder Woman,, but she was good & did fine in the role, and she seems like a nice young lady.

A lot of people largely blamed her for the horrible WW 1984. I don't get that. She didn't write or direct this mess.

Good luck to her in further ventures.

TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 6/19/2023, 11:17 PM
@DocSpock - she wasn’t perfect for you. I’m sure she was perfect for millions of others, me included. I personally blame you for WW 1984, green lantern, and the Kennedy assassination.
pitbull76
pitbull76 - 6/20/2023, 12:10 AM
@DocSpock - Agree same thing about Henry Cavill you can only do so much with what ur working with.loved him in Man of steel after that not so much in fact loved his character in MI better then the way he was portrayed as Superman after MOS.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/20/2023, 1:06 AM
@TheNewYorker -

I have well established alibis for all of those things.

DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/20/2023, 1:07 AM
@pitbull76 -

Yep. he was perfect for the role of Superman, but Snyder & WB just screwed it all up beyond belief.

pitbull76
pitbull76 - 6/20/2023, 1:20 AM
@DocSpock - No agreed at the end of the day Zack was the wrong man for the job don't hate the dude just hated what he did with DCEU.As far as Gunn goes I will reserver judge until I see something come from his vision.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/20/2023, 2:18 AM
@pitbull76 -

I too am reserving judgment. One thing for sure is this: If Legacy is not great or even good, all hell will break loose.

pitbull76
pitbull76 - 6/20/2023, 3:23 AM
@DocSpock - you know if anything that is ballsy on Gunn's part to start with Superman out the gate.If I was in charge it's not where I would start because everything after that hinges and going to be judge on the success of it.He needs to hit not just a homerun but a grandslam.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/20/2023, 11:15 AM
@pitbull76 -

You are so right.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 6/19/2023, 10:46 PM
It’s astounding how bad this all turned out
GarthRanzz
GarthRanzz - 6/19/2023, 10:48 PM
Definately starting to lose interest in DC movies. Shame because I have seen every one since Superman 2 in the theaters. Batman 2 and Joker 2 is about all I am interested in at this point.
kider2
kider2 - 6/19/2023, 11:41 PM
@GarthRanzz - No way you saw Jonah Hex in theaters. No one did that
blitzburgh
blitzburgh - 6/20/2023, 12:57 AM
@GarthRanzz - no interest in Joker 2 at all
GarthRanzz
GarthRanzz - 6/20/2023, 9:27 AM
@kider2 - LOL, I did, but not opening weekend which is rare for me. But Catwoman I did not. Thats the only one. Saw Steel as well.
Order66
Order66 - 6/19/2023, 10:48 PM
More of a reason why the DCU needs to be a complete reset 100% clean sweep reboot.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/19/2023, 10:59 PM
@Order66 -


Gunn already indicated it's not a complete reboot💁
dracula
dracula - 6/19/2023, 11:21 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - well with the pedo out all thats left is Seaman

Might as well leave peacemaker on its own and start fresh
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 6/19/2023, 11:27 PM
@dracula - Jason and Sasha need to go too...[frick], Viola Davis too, even if she has a TV show already announced...Gunn needs to stop with these half measures.
dracula
dracula - 6/19/2023, 11:43 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - eh Viola is fine.

Its like JK still playing Jameson

Supporting characters perfectly cast
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/19/2023, 11:56 PM
@dracula -

Idk man. It's not a full reboot. I don't know why it's so hard to just reboot it all💁
Order66
Order66 - 6/20/2023, 12:07 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - he’s an idiot then.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 6/20/2023, 1:25 AM
@dracula - Or like Judi Dench still playing M in the Daniel Craig's Bond reboot after the Brosnan movies.

But many people will be confused by this and will think that it's still the same universe when they see Davis or any other actors from previous movies.

Dench still playing M or Michael Gough still playing Alfred when the main actors were changed and the stories were kind of soft rebooted could be more easily accepted so many years ago when most people didn't pay much attention to these things, but nowadays if you want to successfully reboot something that previously failed I think it's better to just recast everybody and cut all ties to the previous movies.

When JK was brought back, the MCU had been already successfuly established for many years, and almost everybody loved the Raimi movies and his version of Jameson, however the new DCU we don't know how it will be received and everybody wants to forget the previous DCEU, so it would be better to cut all connections to all the previous movies and shows imo.

Tbh I'm not even a fan of the MCU using actors from the Raimi movies or the Fox-men movies, I'd prefer to see the completely new MCU versions of certain characters like Jameson, Xavier or Logan played first by different actors, I think it's a huge mistake that the first versions we'll see of these characters in the MCU will be played by the actors from movies that should have been left behind, the whole multiverse thing seems to be just an excuse for nostalgia tricks that I just don't like, I think the MCU should have fully been its own thing with no connections to previous movies, and I think the DCU should also cut all ties to the previous DC movies and start from scratch with a 100% full reboot.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/20/2023, 4:41 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Sasha is the only one that wouldn't connect back to the Snyderverse. The only movie she's been in made it clear that we were dealing with alternate realities. It's not like anyone's gonna be confused that she's playing the same version of the character.

Also, she was dope.
pitbull76
pitbull76 - 6/20/2023, 5:14 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - You already have indicated you are a moron.Also you forgot you're clown emojis in you're post.
TheShellyMan
TheShellyMan - 6/19/2023, 10:49 PM
Crazy to think about... We went from highly praised Wonder Woman (2017) to abysmal WW84, and now no Wonder Woman 3.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 6/19/2023, 10:51 PM
Was never a fan of hers and from the stills of her new project I don't feel that is going to really change any time soon but I'm at least happy for her that she's optimistic about the future.

Also just finished the Stan Lee documentary and have been fighting back the tears for the last hour.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/19/2023, 10:56 PM
@Reeds2Much - how was the kirby/ditko issue handled? I saw a letter from kirby's son and he was not happy
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 6/19/2023, 11:01 PM
@vectorsigma - They put in a radio interview where Lee and Kirby got pretty passive-aggressively at each other's throats. And then they dropped the passive part.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/19/2023, 11:15 PM
@Reeds2Much - thanks will watch it
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 6/19/2023, 11:29 PM
@Reeds2Much - Is it good? Kirby's family is pretty pissed about it (which is something I never understood, Stan wasnt Bob Kane, he always credited Jack and Steve as co-creators of these characters)
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 6/19/2023, 11:46 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - It's definitely slanted more towards Lee than Kirby and Ditko since it's a documentary about Stan Lee and not Marvel itself, so only addresses the issues between the three on a surface level (Mainly the interview I mentioned previously). Like it addresses they all had claim to be the main creative force behind the books and that was the wedge that drove them apart, but it doesn't address how Lee was both pushed into and reveled at being given the credit and living in the spotlight at all.

The documentary definitely pulled it's punches.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 6/19/2023, 10:52 PM
Imagine all the peoplee
DCfan84
DCfan84 - 6/20/2023, 7:42 AM
@Matchesz - Livin' for today...Ahhh
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/19/2023, 10:54 PM
With her acting skills, she's lucky netflix is giving her projects
videovac
videovac - 6/19/2023, 11:55 PM
"With her acting skills, she's lucky netflix is giving her projects" - @vectorsigma

That sounds just like Snyder.

"With his directing skills, he's lucky netflix is giving him projects"
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 6/20/2023, 1:28 AM
@videovac - haha. Zack is a good director. Just dont let him write it.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 6/19/2023, 10:59 PM
Gunn got rid of all the main characters and is keeping all the B list characters like Amanda and peacemaker. He might keep Margot Robbie but he straight up erased the main people 😂
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