Gal Gadot is speaking more candidly about the end of her time as Wonder Woman, and she says the way DC Studios handled Henry Cavill and Patty Jenkins left an impression.
In a new interview with Josh Horowitz, Gadot said she was initially told the opposite of what ultimately happened with Wonder Woman 3.
“They told me the opposite,” Gadot said when asked whether James Gunn and Peter Safran had informed her that her run as Wonder Woman was ending. “They were like, ‘We’re going to develop it with you.’”
She added that watching how other high-profile DCEU departures unfolded made her wary. “The Henry situation was not handled elegantly, to say the least,” Gadot said. “Same with Patty. It was not handled elegantly.”
Gadot was referring to Henry Cavill’s brief return as Superman around Black Adam before DC Studios moved forward with a new version of the character, as well as Patty Jenkins’ exit from plans for a third Wonder Woman film. Cavill had actually filmed a post-credits scene for The Flash as well.
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Even so, Gadot said she does not harbor resentment toward Gunn and Safran. “I feel like, you know, we’re all adults and it’s all good,” she said. “They are there, and they’re there to do what they believe in.”
She also emphasized her gratitude for the role itself. “I’m so grateful that I got the opportunity to wear these boots and to have the character be so celebrated and be the vessel at that point in time,” Gadot said.
Asked about whoever eventually takes over the role, Gadot struck a supportive note. “I can only wish for whoever it’s going to come pure to this journey,” she said, adding that Wonder Woman “really means so much to so many of us.”
She continued: “Enjoy the ride. It was never mine. I was always just a vessel. This is Hollywood.”
Gadot also revealed that, beyond any studio politics, her current family life would make another major superhero production difficult.
“Look, it’s all about the script and the filmmaker usually,” she said. “I do think that, you know, for me to go and do, for example, another Wonder Woman, I’m not sure I would at this point in my life with four children.”
She added that the long stretches away required by a production of that scale no longer fit her life.
“It doesn’t work with my life anymore at this point.”
So while Gadot clearly has thoughts about how the transition was handled, her reluctance to return now seems as personal as professional.
The Geek is a working screenwriter, director, and screenwriting instructor.
