- Title: 'Wonder Woman' launches with tightened security
- Date: 26th May 2017
- Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ARRIVAL ACTRESS GAL GADOT GADOT SIGNING FOR FANS FANS DRESSED AS WONDER WOMAN LOOKING ON ACTOR CHRIS PINE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS VARIOUS OF GADOT BEING PHOTOGRAPHED DIRECTOR PATTY JENKINS ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, GAL GADOT, SAYING: "I feel awful, I feel very sad. It's the extremes of life, right? I experienced the most amazing thing. I've been working on this movie for so long and finally it's out, it's about to come out but on the other hand there are terrorist attacks and suicide bombers and the worst most horrible extremes. For me, coming from Israel, I'm familiar unfortunately with these types of events and I think it was a good idea not to do the premiere in London." GADOT FILMING HERSELF ON MOBILE PHONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, GAL GADOT, SAYING: "As an Israeli, I can tell you we always say we need to celebrate life and life is stronger than anything and now we're trying to celebrate life, right? So its mixed feelings but the show must go on, I guess." JENKINS WITH GADOT (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, PATTY JENKINS, SAYING: "I can't believe such a big event in our life, it didn't bother me at all to cancel it. We're all... All of our eyes on the UK right now and we're heartbroken. It's not the time to celebrate anything and I'm only happy that we really did make a movie about love and trying to be better people. That's the message that needs to be out in the world right now but it's not a time to celebrate anything else." ACTRESS ROBIN WRIGHT ACTRESS CONNIE NIELSEN GADOT WITH PINE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, CHRIS PINE, SAYING: "I think what's neat about this film in particular is that it's a romance. It's a superhero film wrapped around a really really deep romance, like a 'Casablanca', something that's earnest and hopeful and buoyant like we had back in the day in Hollywood. So for me, that's the beating heart of the film, the themes of compassion and love and all that. That's for me, yeah." (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, PATTY JENKINS, SAYING: "Honestly, my hopes.... there's always been a belief system about who goes to superhero movies. I've always wanted to change that a little bit with this movie. I think we tried to make a movie for everybody a la the grand classic films from 'Superman 1' to 'Indiana Jones' so I hope we actually get a little of everyone, honestly."
- Embargoed: 9th June 2017 04:40
- Keywords: premiere terrorism Manchester Chris Pine Patty Jenkins superhero Gal Gadot Wonder Woman
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0036IH4IMF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Following the suicide bombing in Manchester which killed 22 people, the world premiere of 'Wonder Woman' in Hollywood went ahead on Thursday (May 25) but with heightened security.
The scheduled European premiere in London, which was due to take place on May 31, was cancelled following the attack.
Actress Gal Gadot, who plays the iconic superheroine, said she felt "awful" and "very sad."
"For me, coming from Israel, I'm familiar unfortunately with these types of events and I think it was a good idea not to do the premiere in London," Gadot told Reuters at the Los Angeles premiere.
Her director, 'Monster''s Patty Jenkins, said it didn't bother her at all to cancel the London premiere and added "All of our eyes on the UK right now and we're heartbroken. It's not the time to celebrate anything and I'm only happy that we really did make a movie about love and trying to be better people. That's the message that needs to be out in the world right now but it's not a time to celebrate anything else."
'Wonder Woman' is about the character before she became the iconic DC Comics superheroine. After a pilot (Chris Pine) crash lands on her isolated island, Diana (Gal Gadot) decides to leave to fight alongside him and in the process learns about her powers and abilities.
The film, which also stars Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen and Lucy Davis, goes on release in the US on June 2. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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