During his interview with Wired, Zack Snyder stated that he had a very clear idea about how he wanted Wonder Woman to be depicted in the DCEU. “I wanted a Wonder Woman that was not necessarily naive. Not necessarily, like, a virgin,” he said. To illustrate his point, the filmmaker discussed a photo in his office of Wonder Woman holding several severed heads.
When Snyder was casting 2016’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” he seemingly knew that Gal Gadot was the perfect actor to play Wonder Woman. However, it’s worth noting that Gadot’s version of Diana never became quite as ruthless as the one depicted in Snyder’s office photo. Instead, he and “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins ultimately turned her into a hero who isn’t naive when it comes to sex or violence, but who also isn’t fully prepared for the horrors of the mortal world. In the years following the release of “Wonder Woman,” Diana became a formidable beacon of hope within the DCEU.
That may not have been what Snyder originally had in mind for the character, but DCEU fans seemed to react positively to his, Gadot, and Jenkins’ combined take on the iconic hero. While Snyder’s overall Wonder Woman plans would have likely made DC Comics fans furious, there’s no denying his role in shaping the franchise’s version of the character.
