Most of us know by now that this director is doing everything possible to the director of a
Wonder Woman film. He already has his leading lady in mind, Christina Hendricks. The
Mad Men actress just the other day said that she would play the role in a heartbeat if asked by Nicolas.
Refn also disclosed that he has assurances from insiders at Warner Bros., which owns the rights, that if his remake of
Logan's Run is a hit he'll get his dream project. The buzz on
Drive is outstanding, and his past project
Bronson is still making noise and becoming a cult hit. As of now I'd say that Refn is in very good shape to get want he wants, and he deserves it.
Was he always a fan? Did he read the comics? So, I asked if two of the biggest names in shaping Diana Prince’s comics run, writers Greg Rucka and George Pérez, rung a bell.
“Who are they?” Refn asked.
“I think my whole fetish and my interest in Wonder Woman came from three or four years ago,” Refn said. “My daughter got obsessed with the Wonder Woman television show. The old, ’70s version. I would watch them back to back with her and really enjoyed them immensely. And I’ve always been fascinated by her as a character. I’m not a knowledgeable comic fanatic, as a lot of other people are. But I was very fascinated by a woman of power. And I couldn’t come [up] with any other great role models for my daughter to, say, ‘That’s a woman.’ Besides her mother. So I started getting wholly, completely obsessed about Wonder Woman and saying, ‘I’ve got to make her as a movie. I’ve got to make my take on it.’ And then I met a comic book writer who told me the origins about her, which was very fascinating and I began to see that myself and the creator of her probably had the same fetish of women. And then I knew that I had to make this film… if it ever gets made.” - COLLIDER
By the way I'm not bothered at all that Refn didn't know who Rucka and Perez are or were. I'm a child of the show as well and I never enjoyed the comic books as much as Lynda Carter running around in a gold bustier.
Drive opens up in theaters this Friday!
Trailers for Bronson and Drive
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