HOLLYWOOD ¨C Director Patty Jenkins has been the talk of Tinseltown lately as the woman behind ¡°Wonder Woman,¡± a Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster that has already broken a few records at the box office. It¡¯s a triumphant comeback for a director whose last big film was the 2003 film ¡°Monster,¡± which won lead star Charlize Theron an Oscar.
¡°The wait was worth it,¡± Jenkins tells The Japan Times. In between her films, the 46-year-old honed her skills in television, working on shows such as ¡°The Killing¡± and ¡°Entourage.¡± She took her time choosing a second feature film.
¡°I was apprehensive about doing a woman-centered film that might fail,¡± Jenkins says. ¡°Like it or not, every female director is an ambassador for the gender, since there are so few of us. Fortunately with ¡®Wonder Woman,¡¯ the studio waited for a good script and I had input and we were able to deliver a picture that pleases people on various levels. In other words, we didn¡¯t cop out.¡±
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