>>> THEY DO NOT DESERVE YOUR
PROTECTION!
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT DESERVE.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
AND I BELIEVE IN LOVE.
>> BEFORE GAL GADOT THERE
STARRED IN THE 2017 BLOCKBUSTER
"WONDER WOMAN" WHICH, BY THE
WAY, MADE MORE THAN $800 MILLION
WORLDWIDE, SHE WAS ACTUALLY
READY TO WALK AWAY FROM SHOW
BUSINESS.
THE 35-YEAR-OLD ISRAELI ACTRESS
FEELING FRUSTRATED WITH THE
PARTS SHE WAS BEING OFFERED.
BUT THEN, SHE TEAMED WITH
DIRECTOR PATTI JENKINS ON THE
"WONDER WOMAN" PHENOMENON AND
MADE HER A ROLE MODEL FOR WOMEN
AND GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD.
THE TWO THE ARE BACK WITH THE
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SEQUEL,
"WONDER WOMAN 1984" WELL IS A
GIFT TO ALL OF US ON CHRISTMAS
DAY.
WILLIE HAD A VIRTUAL "SUNDAY SIT
DOWN."
♪
>> HI, GAL, HOW ARE YOU?
>> THERE'S TWO CAMERAS.
HI, I'M GOOD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I'VE BEEN GREAT.
>> ARE WE USING THIS CAMERA,
TOO?
>> YOU HAVE THE SLIPPERS ON --
>> MY -- HOW CAN I WOMAN
POSSIBLY FIGHT IN THIS?
>> GAL GADOT MAY HAVE BECOME AN
ICON WHEN SHE STEPPED INTO
WONDER WOMAN'S BOOTS, BUT IN
REAL LIFE, SHE STILL PREFERS
SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE
COMFORTABLE.
HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOUR LIFE HAS
BEEN CHANGED BY "WONDER WOMAN"?
>> THE BASIC THINGS -- THEY
DIDN'T CHANGE BECAUSE I'M SO
GROUNDED AND I'M A MOTHER AND A
WIFE, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN I
WORK, THE GLORY AND THE FAME IS
-- IS JUST A SIDE EFFECT.
I'M STILL PINCHING MYSELF RIGHT
NOW.
THE TIME WILL COME, DIANA --
>> IN "WONDER WOMAN 1984," GADOT
RETURNS TO THE FILM FRANCHISE
THAT THREE YEARS AGO MADE HER A
STAR AROUND THE WORLD.
>> THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
>> Reporter: DIRECTED BY PATTI
JENKINS, THE SEQUEL FINDS ITS
SUPERHERO IN 1980s WASHINGTON,
D.C.
>> I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.
>> PARACHUTE PANTS?
>> YEAH.
>> DOES EVERYBODY PARACHUTE NOW?
>> HOW DID YOU AND PATTI ARRIVE
AT 1984?
>> THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HER LIFE
IN ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL
ALIVE OF A DECADE WAS SOMETHING
THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR TO
BRING.
>> ALL YOU NEED IS TO WANT IT --
>> AND ALSO IT FELT LIKE A
RESEMBLED TIME TO NOWADAYS
BECAUSE THE -- IT WAS ALL ABOUT
ACCESS AND MORE.
>> THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WE
WERE ON THE BACK END OF "WONDER
WOMAN" MANIA.
I ASKED YOU ABOUT POTENTIALLY
ANOTHER MOVIE.
ANOTHER "WONDER WOMAN" MOVIE,
AND YOU SAY --
>> EACH CHAPTER IS ABOUT
DIFFERENT VOLUMES OF WONDER
WOMAN THAT CAN BE AWESOME.
LIKE THE WONDER WOMAN BIBLE.
>> WHERE WOULD YOU SAY WONDER
WOMAN IS IN THIS CHAPTER?
>> TRUTH.
TRUTH.
THE FIRST ONE WAS ALL ABOUT
LOVE.
WHEN PATTI AND I STARTED TO TALK
ABOUT THE STORY FOR THE NEXT
ONE, WE ALREADY FELT LIKE THE
WORLD AND US WERE GOING TO A
DARKER PLACE.
AND THE POWER OF TRUTH IS
SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER RELEVANT
FOR WONDER WOMAN AS A CHARACTER,
BUT ALSO FOR US AS A SOCIETY.
>> WONDER WOMAN FIGHTS FOR TEETH
AGAINST A DEMAGOGUE NAMED MAX
LORD, AND THE VILLAIN CHEETAH,
PLAYED BY KRISTIN WIIG.
ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT
THIS MOVIE, TOO, IS YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH KRISTIN WIIG.
YOU'VE CREATED AN EARWORM WITH
--
♪ GAL AND KRISTI HAVING FUN
WE'RE GAL AND ♪
>> THEY SHARED THEIR
BEHIND-THE-SCENES ANTICS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
♪ COME ON EVERYBODY
DANCE IN THE SUN ♪
♪ CUZ WE'RE GAL AND KRISTI
AND WE'RE HAVING FUN ♪
>> WE DID THE CLAPPING, BY THE
WAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
>> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
>> DID YOU -- DID YOU KNOW
KRISTIN BEFORE THE MOVIE?
BECAUSE THE CHEMISTRY ON SCREEN
IS -- IS PALPABLE.
IT'S REAL.
>> VERY, VERY BRIEFLY.
BUT WE HAD AN IMMEDIATE
CONNECTION.
AND SHE IS AN AMAZING PARTNER
AND AN AMAZING FRIEND AND A VERY
GENEROUS SCENE PARTNER.
NO ONE'S MADE ME LAUGH LIKE THIS
--
>> CURIOUSLY, GADOT ALSO SHARES
THE SCREEN WITH CHRIS PINE WHO
RETURNS AS A LOVE INTEREST
DESPITE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN
THE FIRST FILM.
CAN YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THAT?
>> NO, I CAN'T.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND
WATCH THE MOVIE.
>> YOU OKAY?
>> I AM NOW.
>> NO SPOILER ALERT NEEDED TO
TELL YOU "WONDER WOMAN 1984"
PACKS AS MUCH ACTION AS THE 2017
ORIGINAL WHICH THE ISRAELI-BORN
BEAUTY QUEEN-TURNED-COMBAT
INSTRUCTOR-TURNED ACTRESS FILMED
WHILE PREGNANT.
BUT EVEN THAT EXPERIENCE WAS NO
MATCH FOR THE SEQUEL.
YOU SAID THAT THIS WAS MAYBE THE
HARDEST MOVIE YOU'VE EVER DONE.
>> NOT MAYBE, FOR SURE.
>> WAS IT FOR SURE?
WERE THERE MOMENTS WHERE PATTI
SAID, GAL, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE
DOING TODAY, AND YOU SAID,
REALLY?
ARE YOU SURE?
>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
WE MADE JOKES BECAUSE IT BECAME
SO ABSURD.
I WORE A HARNESS, AND THEN I WAS
WIRED FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES,
AND THEN I WAS PULLED UP INTO
THE AIR, AND THEN THEY PUSHED ME
DOWN TO THE WATER.
THEN THEY PULLED ME BACK UP
AGAIN, AND THEN I HAD TO SAY MY
LINES.
IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT
THE MOVIE.
IT'S ABOUT THE CHARACTER AND
WHAT SHE MEANS TO EVERYBODY.
WE HAD TO -- WE HAD TO DO IT.
[ CHEERS ]
>> OFF SCREEN, GADOT IS WIELDING
THE POWER THAT HAS COME WITH THE
MAN SUCCESS OF "WONDER WOMAN,"
FIGHTING TO BE PAID LIKE MALE
ACTION STARS AND EARNING A
PRODUCER TITLE THAT HAD HER
INVOLVED IN NEARLY EVERY ASPECT
OF THE SECOND MOVIE.
>> I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT ONCE
YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR VALUE, THEN
IT'S DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW.
>> SO IT'S A BATTLE EVERY TIME.
>> YEAH, BUT IT'S A HEALTHY
BATTLE.
AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I CAN
FIGHT IT.
>> IT'S THE KIND OF FIGHT THAT
HAS MADE "WONDER WOMAN" AND THE
OKAY
ACTRESS ROLE MODELS FOR YOUNG
GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD.
AT HOME, 9-YEAR-OLD ALMA AND
3-YEAR-OLD MAYA, KNOW WONDER
WOMAN SIMPLY AS EMA.
HEBREW FOR MOM.
HAVE THEY SEEN THE MOVIE, AND IF
SO, WHAT DO THEY THINK?
>> MAYA DIDN'T WATCH ANYTHING.
JUST YESTERDAY I SHOWED HER A
TRAILER.
AND SHE WAS LIKE -- SHE WAS
LOOKING AT THE COMPUTER AND THEN
LOOKING BACK AT ME.
SHE SAID, "YOU COULD FLY?
YOU MEAN YOU CAN FLY?"
NOW GO AND EXPLAIN TO A
3-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT IT'S NOT
FOR REAL, IT'S IN THE MOVIES.
I WAS ANCHORED TO A THING --
>> ARE THEY AWARE OF YOUR SORT
OF ROLE AS WONDER WOMAN, THAT
PEOPLE KNOW YOU AND RECOGNIZE
YOU AS THAT AND LOOK UP TO YOU
AS THAT?
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THEY'RE MY DAUGHTERS, AND I'M
THEIR EMA, YOU KNOW.
IT'S LIKE -- IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT
THEY'RE PROUD AND IT MAKES THEM
HAPPY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW.
BUT NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.
>> "WONDER WOMAN 1984" IS IN
THEATERS NOWAND IS STREAMING ONO
MAX.
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