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Saturday, June 20
Wonder Woman cast member Eugene Brave Rock reveals true nature of his character
If you haven’t seen Wonder Woman yet you really should. It’s not only the best blockbuster so far this year by a decent margin but it’s a film defined by an unusual, and immensely welcome, under current of compassion, hope and inclusiveness. And it’s now come out, it’s also a film that features more than one god.
Eugene Brave Rock is a standout cast member as Chief, Steve Trevor’s smuggler contact and a Native American. Brave Rock has already talked about how Patty Jenkins let him steer the look and approach of the character and that’s a massive plus for the film. But what now emerges is even more interesting.
Chief is Napi, a trickster demi god and the culture hero of the Blackfoot tribe. His background is fascinating and absolutely speaks to his presence in the movie. Napi is chaotic, unpredictable, someone who embodies the idea the natural world can’t be controlled. No wonder he sells to both Armies.
What’s amazing is that this wasn’t improvised. Brave Rock has made it clear that Napi is written, in the script, as a Blackfoot demi-god. That puts Diana’s entire interaction with him in a very different light and gives their relationship a very different tone. It’s fascinating and subtle and oddly sweet and is just another arrow in this movie’s endless quiver of great choices.
And of course that means we have to go and see it again now.
Thanks to io9 for the heads up and for chatting to Brave Rock.
Wonder Woman TV Show Credits Reimagined With Movie Cast
Our colleagues at ScreenCrush do really good work but this time, they’ve excelled themselves. Have the opening credits for the classic Wonder Woman TV series reimagined with the movie’s cast.
Isn’t that great? So’s the movie itself. It’s out this weekend and is top fun. Go see it and do your best not to be humming this when you do.
Wonder Woman’s Amazon Athletes Talk Training, Battle And Warrior Life
We’re just under 24 hours from Wonder Woman arriving in UK cinemas and advance word is very good. A big part of the film’s success seems to be director Patty Jenkins’ inspired move to cast real professional athletes as Amazons. Jenkins has already confirmed legendary boxer Ann Wolfe is in the movie as Artemis and now, EW have introduced us to several others.
The full piece is great and well worth a read but this is one of our favorite quotes from Doutzen Kroes:
Kroes recalls a day when her young son visited her, and she greeted him in full battle regalia. “If I could just have that face framed as a picture on my wall,” she says. “I think I melted because he has never looked at me like that ever. He was just in full admiration of his mommy as a warrior.”
Wonder Woman is in UK cinemas from tomorrow and we are SO there.