Patty Jenkins sheds light on a key Wonder Woman scene in 1984
Warning: there are spoilers ahead for Wonder Woman 1984!
Now this Wonder Woman 1984 finally launched, we have many questions about the latest adventure of the Amazon heroine. One concerns the surprise appearance of Diana’s invisible jet, which has been her primary form of transportation in comics for decades. Although not without its supporters, the jet has also been the target of many jokes over the years. But, according to director Patty Jenkins, her arrival was inevitable.
In the film, Diana and Steve Trevor steal a plane from the Smithsonian’s runway to follow Maxwell Lord to Egypt. To avoid radar detection, Diana uses the same enchantment that her father, Zeus, used to hide Themyscira from the World of Man. In a recent interview with Collider, Jenkins explained how this was his way of taking an object out of the ridiculousness of comics and making it palatable to a wider audience.
“That was something I was determined to do,” said Jenkins. “I remember when I started saying I wanted to do Wonder Woman and someone said to me, ‘Well, how do we make it cool?’ And I said, ‘Well, first of all, hire someone who’s already cool, like me.’ And number two, none of them are legal. As if none of these characters were cool on the 1950s page. We made them cool. And then I thought, the invisible jet was the hardest thing to figure out how to make it look cool because of everything you’ve seen from her sitting on the seat. “
“I was like, ‘I’m going to find out one of these days, how to make this jet invisible,'” continued Jenkins. “So, I just remember that it was a moment that [co-screenwriter] Geoff Johns and I were sitting together and talking about a scene and how they got to Egypt. And suddenly we thought, ‘Oh my God.’ We figured out how to do that scene. I was so excited and worked so hard [it]. It made sense that if her father hid Themyscira, they would find out how to make the wall. And so it was such a cool thing to find out. “
Since Diana learned to “fly” at the end of the film, the jet is unlikely to return in Wonder Woman 3. Regardless, its appearance in WW84 it was a beautiful tribute to a large part of the history of Wonder Woman comics. It also gave Jenkins another chance to indulge his lifelong fascination with aeronautics, which should serve her well in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for Lucasfilm.
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