JUSTICE LEAGUE Director Zack Snyder Convinced Patty Jenkins To Cast Connie Nielsen In WONDER WOMAN

JUSTICE LEAGUE Director Zack Snyder Convinced Patty Jenkins To Cast Connie Nielsen In WONDER WOMAN

Connie Nielsen's Queen Hippolyta is a fan-favourite character in the DCEU, and you have Justice League helmer Zack Sndyer to thank for that, as he was the one who convinced Patty Jenkins to cast her...

By JoshWilding - May 29, 2020 05:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Wonder Woman
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Zack Snyder is responsible for many of the DC Extended Universe's biggest casting decisions, including Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Jason Momoa as Aquaman. In fact, he cast the entire Justice League, but you probably didn't realise he was involved in Connie Nielsen being chosen to take on the role of Queen Hippolyta in Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman

Snyder served as an executive producer on the 2017 release, so it perhaps shouldn't come as a huge surprise that he played such a pivotal role in helping shape the film behind the scenes. 

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Nielsen noted, "It's funny because it was Zack Snyder who was the one who kept saying to Patty [Jenkins], ‘I really think you should meet with Connie Nielsen.'" Despite that, Jenkins was reportedly unsure whether Nielsen was the the right fit for the role.

However, Snyder's endorsement led to the two women meeting for lunch. "I just immediately fell into this comrades-in-arms kind of feeling with her, and we just bonded over the next four hours."

The actress later returned as Diana Prince's mother in Justice League, and will next be seen in Wonder Woman 1984. It's also believed that the character will factor into that planned spinoff revolving around the Amazon Warriors from Themyscira. Time will tell whether that happens, though!

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CWBNGAJEEPGUY85
CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - 5/29/2020, 5:52 AM
I think she did very well. The first act of Wonder Woman was solid (as was the rest of the film IMO).
Fogs
Fogs - 5/29/2020, 7:49 AM
@CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - IMO she shouldn't fight Ares in the end.

Just think about it: WW is searching for a simple solution to solve the War problem: to kill Ares.

In the end Ares just shows her that isn't the case. It's human nature and war will never end.

BANG
Fogs
Fogs - 5/29/2020, 7:50 AM
By "she" I mean WW.
CWBNGAJEEPGUY85
CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - 5/29/2020, 8:11 AM
@Fogs - true...but Peace means you hold the bigger stick....or something like that. lol
MarvelDCAllDay
MarvelDCAllDay - 5/29/2020, 12:08 PM
@Fogs - The war would’ve ended anyways Ares was just trying to extend it longer.
Fogs
Fogs - 5/29/2020, 1:10 PM
@MarvelDCAllDay - I understand this.

My point is that fight was meaningless, besides very out of place in a more visually grounded film.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/29/2020, 5:54 AM
Love me some Connie, ever since Gladiator!

This was the right call!
tmp3
tmp3 - 5/29/2020, 6:01 AM
@Doomsday8888 - Gladiator - starring Jor-El, Hippolyta and the Joker
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/29/2020, 6:03 AM
@tmp3

Hot fire!
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/29/2020, 5:54 AM
She is awesome and hot.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 5/29/2020, 5:55 AM
Snyder has always got his cast bang on, I’ll give the guy that.

Shame he didn’t know how to make his intriguing yet eventual flawed idea of Eisenberg Lex work. Had so much potential.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/29/2020, 5:59 AM
@To the poor lad that's trying to post that image:

Rao is giving you a hint, fam....just take it! :P
Kumkani
Kumkani - 5/29/2020, 6:01 AM
She's pretty good in Wonder Woman. Though I'm hoping we get to see more of her.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/29/2020, 6:46 AM
TO be honest, Snyder is responsible for a lot of casting choices that I think worked out great in the end. If only he gave Affleck, Eisenberg and Miller proper material too work with...
Fogs
Fogs - 5/29/2020, 7:47 AM
Hahahaah, now everything good about the DCEU has Snyder's fingerprint on it.

Yeah right, cool narrative.
BoW
BoW - 5/29/2020, 8:50 AM
@Fogs - Pessimistic much?
Fogs
Fogs - 5/29/2020, 10:41 AM
@BobbyW - Realist, I guess.

He sucks as a writer. His vision for these characters and their universe was terrible. He simply doesn't get them

Hope they can come up with something better than what was being written by him.

BTW, WW and Shazam were steps in a better direction IMO.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 5/29/2020, 8:00 AM
For comedic purpose. I wish it could have been Leslie Nielsen.

CWBNGAJEEPGUY85
CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - 5/29/2020, 8:12 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - comedy LEGEND!
Goldboink
Goldboink - 5/29/2020, 8:21 AM
@MosquitoFarmer -
BoW
BoW - 5/29/2020, 8:50 AM
@Goldboink - Forbidden Planet! A classic gem.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 5/29/2020, 8:58 AM
@BobbyW - With a soundtrack done entirely with a Theremin
Desrow
Desrow - 5/29/2020, 9:12 AM
@MosquitoFarmer

The GOAT
Cbmfilmjunkie
Cbmfilmjunkie - 5/29/2020, 11:27 AM
He scene in JL was a highlight in a rather meh film.
RolandD
RolandD - 5/29/2020, 12:32 PM
Would have been nice if it could have been Lynda Carter, but Connie Nielsen was excellent.
Fogs
Fogs - 5/29/2020, 1:11 PM
@RolandD - That would've been perfect, never thought of that.
RolandD
RolandD - 5/29/2020, 1:25 PM
@Fogs - I can’t claim original thinking on it either.😉
SANSHORYU
SANSHORYU - 5/29/2020, 3:21 PM
That's about all Zack Snyder did well: CASTING. Great casting.
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