Wiig trained extensively ahead of shooting, more so than she’s ever done for a film or TV show, and learned fight choreography. I want it to be a character who’s got a flaw that turns her into the villain.” “I’ve already got the Amazons, and I’ve got Diana - I don’t need more of that kind of thing.
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“I was super not interested in the version of Cheetah that I knew people assumed a Cheetah movie would be - which is two supermodels fighting with each other,” Jenkins said.
While Barbara is an awkward, bookish scientist who lacks self-confidence, her alter ego Cheetah, who slowly evolves over the course of the ’80-set story, is strong, aggressive and something of a dark flipside to Diana Prince/Wonder Woman herself. But it’s hard because it’s a big movie and people are very precious their superhero movies and their villains and casting. “I’m just trying to connect with Patty and do what she envisioned and trying not to have all that noise in there. She was between takes of a night scene where her character, Barbara Minerva, is attacked while walking alongside Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin (which, in the film, is a repurposed Hyde Park Serpentine). “There’s always that pressure for anything,” Wiig said, speaking on the set of the film in October 2018. Wiig, an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee for “Bridesmaids,” was aware of the reaction when she flew to London later that year to begin shooting the superhero sequel. fans concerned that the former “Saturday Night Live” star wouldn’t fulfill their expectations of the character. The choice was divisive, with some longtime D.C.
In 2018, “Wonder Woman 1984” writer-director Patty Jenkins took to Twitter to announce Kristen Wiig had been cast as classic villain Cheetah.