Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins has revealed that the finished version of the DC sequel that you'll see has had barely a single scene cut from it.
The director confirmed during an exclusive interview with Digital Spy that she is "meticulous" about keeping scenes from the original script in the final cut, but added that despite not losing many whole scenes, the movie has still ended up being "a little bit tighter than I would like" due to studio input.
"Not unlike the first movie, I really barely cut any scenes," she explained. "I'm very meticulous about my scripts and so I usually want the scenes that I have and don't want to lose them for a reason.
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"The first cut was two hours and 45 minutes. It was just a little bit more of every scene and I, even now, personally would have preferred the pacing of this movie a tiny bit slower.
"I grew up watching those grand movies that took their time, I still believe in that, but the modern studio system is very uncomfortable with that, so I ended up splitting the difference and going a little bit tighter than I would like to go, but it's OK."
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Jenkins, who will become the first woman to direct a Star Wars movie with Rogue Squadron, revealed that the talent of Wonder Woman 1984's cast and crew meant that they ended up with a little too much footage for certain scenes, forcing small cuts to be made.
"We had a problem in this movie because every time we shot a scene, people would improv or pick up some cool shot, and we just had way too much," she said. "All the action scenes got longer, all the funny scenes got longer and it was very hard to kill your darlings."
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As for any footage we're missing out on entirely, it seems the only thing we won't see is Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) out on a wander.
"There were more moments with Steve and Diana walking through Washington DC, there were more funny moments that got cut out of that," Jenkins said. "Really, the only scenes that got cut were them hailing a cab, it was nothing very interesting, lots and lots of little things."
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Actress Gadot also spoke exclusively to Digital Spy about Wonder Woman 1984 and revealed that she is "open" to making more Diana Prince adventures for the big screen if "the story is right".
"We try to make the movie as relevant as possible to where the world is now and try to imbue a message that we believe should be spread out there. So that's going to be our compass," she said.
Wonder Woman 1984 will be released in cinemas and HBO Max simultaneously on December 25, 2020 in the US. It will be shown in some UK cinemas from December 16.
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