- Is it still surreal to put on that costume,
to see yourself in the mirror?
You've played this character a few times now.
Does it ever get any less weird?
- Most of the time, it doesn't.
But then, the moment when I least expect it,
and I just walk and I see a reflection of mine
with the wig and with the costume, and then I'm like,
"Oh, wow, it's me."
So, sometimes, it gets surreal.
But, I've worn it for so many times now
that I kind of got used to it.
- Yeah, now it's like me wearing just, like, jogging pants.
Like, you wear your 'Wonder Woman' outfit.
It's just how you hang out.
- Yes, yeah, exactly.
My uncomfortable pair of jeans.
- [Josh] Gal, the movie is here, finally.
We're here, we made it. - I know.
Ahhh!
Crazy.
- This movie is fantastic.
It's a breath of fresh air in what's been, you know, a rough year
for a lot of us, for all of us.
- [Gal] Thank you.
- Does your older daughter, now, kind of appreciate it
in a different way?
Is she old enough to, maybe, get more of a sense
of how important this iconic character is?
- She's been proud from the very beginning,
but at the end of the day, also, I'm just,
for her, I'm just her mother. - Right.
- So, it's not like it's a thing in the house
and she feels the,
"I gotta honor mommy because mommy is Wonder Woman."
It's not that, but she is,
she's very proud. Not just for the 'Wonder Woman' thing,
but I think that now, you know, it's my fourth movie
playing Wonder Woman, and she's been to sets
for so many times with me, and I think that she's more proud
of understanding, now, the process, and the long process,
and the work that it takes.
Yeah, she's my baby.
- So, this adventure for you guys, it's not just you back.
Obviously we have Patty Jenkins,
who I know is so important to this whole process.
- So important to me.
- So, talk to me a little bit about when you guys knew
you were gonna embark on another adventure.
Was there one thing in particular where you said to Patty,
to the studio, that you wanted to see
in another 'Wonder Woman' movie?
- We actually started talking about the plot for this one
while we were shooting the first movie,
not knowing if we're ever going to be able to make it.
It's such a privilege to be able to work with a partner
who not only have a great vision,
but shares the same vision
and the same want for the character,
and everything that she stands for.
And be able to talk about it all the time.
Patty is one of my closest friends in the world,
and the fact that we can just have an idea,
we can just talk about it regularly, is amazing.
It's such a gift for me.
- I had a pretty frank conversation with her the other day,
I appreciate that she's such, like, a straight-shooter.
She's so honest, and she was talking, like, how important it was
to get, you know, pay equality.
When she came for the second one, it was a thing.
It became something in the media and rightly so.
She made the studio a lot of money, both of you did,
and she wanted to be paid what a man would.
Is that something that you guys talked about?
Was it important to you to, kind of, know the journey
that she was on, and to support her when she was deciding
whether to come back or not?
- Certainly.
Like I said, our relationship goes beyond
the professional level.
And it's funny 'cause she's one of the only friends
that I have that can actually understand
what I'm going through and share similar experiences.
So, of course, we talk about these type of things
and of course she's right for wanting to be equal paid
as the rest of the men in her stature would.
And she did the right thing,
and, you know, we can't just talk the talk, we gotta walk the walk.
- Yeah.
On a lighter note, the setting of this film, 1984,
you're a little young to be -
you weren't a child of the '80s, exactly.
Did you lean on your elderly co-stars, like Chris Pine,
to tell you what the '80s were like?
- I'm gonna tell him you said that.
[laughing]
It was super easy 'cause we wanted to make a movie
that, if you went to the theaters back in the '80s,
our movie would be right there and super relevant.
So, whether or not I was born there, it doesn't matter
because I was there. I experienced the era with my character
while shooting, while filming the movie.
- Did you get a certain delight out of humiliating Chris
by making him wear all those fanny packs?
- He loved it, are you kidding me?
He wasn't humiliated whatsoever.
Chris is like a fashionista.
He's worse than I am.
He would wear, like, pastel shorts with a fanny pack,
while riding a bicycle on set, of his own, you know?
It was his, he got it.
So yeah, there was zero humiliation.
- Amazing.
Is the best perk out of this job
a friendship with someone like Kristin Wiig?
Everybody wants to be friends with Kristen Wiig,
and she seems like the best.
- But, I get that.
She's the best, she's the best.
Honestly, I was a big fan of hers before.
'Bridesmaids' is my best, favorite comedy of all time,
and I also told her that
before we even cast her for the movie.
I saw her in an event and just went to her, and was like,
"I'm such a big fan of yours."
And then, we got her to do the movie with us,
because yes, we wanted to be friends with Kristen Wiig.
No, but she nailed it.
She's so talented.
She's the sweetest person to work -
that one could ever ask to work with.
She's fun, and funny, and open,
and she's so supportive and loving.
She's such a professional, and she's so talented,
and I think that she's done an amazing job
with the role of Cheetah.
- You mentioned being a big fan of 'Bridesmaids,'
I know you're also a fan of the new 'Borat' movie.
Are you ready to do another big comedy?
Do you wanna, kinda, scratch that itch again?
- I would love to.
Kristen and I talk about it all the time, by the way.
We're trying to figure out a movie for both of us.
- I mean, come on, let's make it happen.
- I know.
- Some spiffy new armor in this one, inspired by Alex Ross,
who’s a very well-known - for the comic geeks out there,
they know 'Kingdom Come.'
Talk to me about what it was like
to don some new iconic armor.
- Golden armor.
- [Josh] The golden armor.
- It was amazing.
When I first saw that we're gonna -
the sketch of the golden armor, I was like, "Holy, wow.
"I'm gonna be able to wear it?
"Woo."
I mean, whenever does women get to wear
those extreme, extravagant costumes?
- Yeah.
At the same time, I gotta say,
it wasn't the most comfortable costume one could wear,
but it was worth it.
- The good news is, apparently, we're gonna see
some more of you soon because, miracle of miracles,
the "Snyder Cut" is actually gonna be released into the world.
Have you shot some new stuff with Zack recently,
and what was it like?
- No, I didn't.
I didn't shoot anything, I didn't see anything,
and I'm very much looking forward to watch Zack's cut.
- Honestly, a while back, I thought this was just something
the fans were always gonna talk about.
We were never actually gonna see.
Are you kind of surprised that we've gotten this far,
that Zack's getting to realize his vision?
- You know, in this world now,
I'm not surprised by anything.
- Fair enough.
- If someone would have told me a year ago,
"You know, there's gonna be a pandemic."
- Right.
Now, all bets are off. - You know, now, I'm not surprised by anything.
But, I'm very happy for him that he got to do
his own version of the movie.
- I know Patty has said that, potentially,
if you guys do a third one together,
she's thinking, right now at least,
that it would bring Wonder Woman to the present.
That being said, is there another era, if you get a chance,
that you'd like to see Wonder Woman be in?
- I think the present is the right thing.
I wouldn't, like, go to the '60s or to the '40s with 'Wonder Woman.'
I feel like the past has been handled well
and now it's time to move on.
- I'm also endlessly curious.
I think you've finished shooting 'Red Notice,'
which is the new ginormous movie, with ginormous movie stars,
such as Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, you're the only one
of that trio with actual military experience.
You're the real badass.
- I'm the real badass, by far.
- This is what I'm saying.
Did you remind them of this?
- All the time.
[laughing]
I was like, "Hey, wussies."
No.
[laughing]
They're quite big men.
No, but I loved - I adore both of them
and I loved working with them.
I've worked with both of them before.
I've worked with Ryan on a movie called 'Criminal,' I think,
and with Dwayne, we did 'Fast and Furious' together.
It was so great, and it was so nice
to be back together with them and do something,
create something new.
Yeah, I can't wait for you to see this movie either.
- Did you and Dwayne talk about potentially Black Adam
meeting up with Wonder Woman?
He's about to enter the DC Universe.
- I think, no. I think that, first of all, like,
let's give Black Adam the respect of Black Adam.
Don't wanna come and steal anybody's thunder.
- No, yeah, you don't wanna do that, no.
- The Rock, I can't steal his thunder.
Come on.
But, maybe in the future.
I mean, who knows?
- You mentioned 'Fast and Furious.'
Now, fair enough, your character is dead,
technically speaking,
but we know what happened with Steve Trevor.
- Never seen the body, yeah.
- Well, there you go. This is what I'm saying.
We know 'Wonder Woman' rules, nobody stays dead.
So, is there a potential that we could see you
in a 'Fast and Furious' movie?
- Oh wow, I don't know.
It's not in - I don't - I have no idea.
Right now, it's not on my to-do list.
- You have a long to-do list, I was gonna say.
You've got a lot, a lot going on.
- I'm very grateful.
- You've played some iconic characters
and there are some iconic characters to come,
Cleopatra, Hedy Lamarr.
What are you looking for in these roles?
What are you gravitating towards, you think?
- Well, for some reason,
I'm really attracted to epic, strong, female figures.
With 'Cleopatra,' I'm very, very excited.
It's one of my biggest passion projects to do,
with Chuck Roven and Patty Jenkins,
who did 'Wonder Woman' with me, as well.
And we're working on a fabulous script,
and I just feel like it's gonna be such a tribute
and a love letter for her legacy.
And with Hedy Lamarr, I feel like it's such a tragic story
about a fierce woman that was a trailblazer at her time.
And I just wanna pay a tribute to her
because she never really got the recognition
that she was deserved.
- So, having done a few of these 'Wonder Woman,'
two of your own films, a couple appearances in other films,
is it still humbling for you, like, when you encounter
people on social media, people in real life?
Do you have those moments, those pinch-yourself moments
when you realize, you know?
- All the time.
Even now, I'm having - No, it's weird.
It's just weird times, I guess.
And when a movie is usually coming out,
you have the big red-carpet event, and I get to sit with you,
and to feel your energy,
and now it just feels like I have a delay.
Let's just say I have a delay.
Like, I know the movie is coming out, I see everything,
I read everything, but I still pinch myself
and I'm like, "Wow, it's my movie, and it's coming out,
"and it's coming out now, and I did - what?"
- Yeah.
- So, I think that I'm the type of person who's like,
only in 30 years from now, I'll be able to look back
and be like, "Oh, that's what you were."
I feel like now, I'm just in the doing, you know,
of work, and family, and work, and family, and just that.
But, I am super grateful
and, you know, none of it is to be taken for granted for me.