Robin Wright joins Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, in the first image shared from the forthcoming Wonder Woman film.
The House of Cards actress’ involvement in the film had been previously speculated. Her daughter Dylan Penn (Robin Wright and Sean Penn’s daughter) inadvertently confirmed the rumour at a pre-Golden Globes party in January (15).
When asked if she’d be attending the
big show with her mother, she told The Hollywood Reporter: “No, she’s
not going,” she replied. “She’s training to be a super hero for a
movie.”
Robin, 49, known for her steely portrayal of First Lady, Claire Underwood, plays General Antiope in the film.
In the promotional shot she is
pictured alongside her niece Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in
full battle dress, including body armour with arrows slung casually
across her body.
The actress is one of a trio of
Amazonian women who help raise the young Diana. Diana’s mother Hippolyta
is played by Gladiator actress Connie Nielsen, 50, and her other military aunt, Antiope’s lieutenant Menalippe, is played by Norweigian actress Lisa Loven Kongsli, 36.
The women put on an impressive display of strength and fearlessness in the highly anticipated film, directed by Patty Jenkins of Monster fame, which is set for release in June 2017.
Wonder Woman will be an
origin story charting the transformation of the Amazon Princess Diana
into a great female warrior and hero. The women inhabit the mystical
island of Themyscira, the birthplace of Wonder Woman, where Amazon women
of Greek myth have thrived for centuries, free to self-govern away from
the gaze of man.
Patty revealed that Diana is the only
child on the island, and the three women have very different ways of
raising her. Mother Hippolyta is protective and aims to keep Diana on
Themyscira for as long as possible, while Robin’s character Antiope is
responsible for Diana’s training, and wants to prepare her to be a
warrior.
“She is the only child they raised
together,” said Patty, who is currently entrenched on the film’s
production in London. “And their love for her manifests in a different
way for each of them,” she adds.
Wonder Woman’s introduction in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, is considered to be one of the highlights of the movie. She has a crucial role in the first Justice League
movie due out in November 2017 and will finally be the star of her own
long-awaited film, which will hit screens next June (17).
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