Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins reveals why she didn’t want to direct Thor: The Dark World
The director shares why s꧒he rea♚lly left the Thor sequel all those years ago

Marvel Studio’s first female-directed outing may have been 2019’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain Marvel, but that was once set to come sooner with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Wonder Woman’s Patty Jenkins. The director was originally on board to helm 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Thor: The Dark World, until she parted 🅠ways with the studio over ‘creative differences’. However, Jenkins has since revealed mo꧟re about her departure, saying: “You can’t do movies you don’t believe in.”
Spe🅘akingಞ with Jenkins explained that she feared the script wasn’t good enough. “I did not believe that I could make a good movie out of the script that they were planning on doing,” she said. “I think it would have been a huge deal – it would have looked like it was my fault. It would have looked like, ‘Oh my God, this woman directed it and she missed all these things.’”
Thor: The Dark World went on to be one of Marvel’s most notorious disappointments, with even the Son of Odin himself, Chris Hemsworth, once saying: Following Jenkins’ departure, Marvel hired The Sopranos’ Alan Taylor to direct and, thankfully, Jenkins got her chance again in DC’s Wonder Woman, which went on to become a critical and commercial success. As a result, the sequel, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Wonder Woman 1984 &☂ndash; though🌜 delayed due to coronavirus – is hugely anticipated by fans.
Though jumping ship to their rivals DC, Patty Jenkins remains a firm fan of Marvel, adding: “I really have nothing but positive things to say about Marvel, because, honestly, they gave me that chance in the first place and it was not en vogue to do so.” The director then praised Taika Waititi’s take on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Thor: Ragnarok, insisting, “They found Thor’s rightful director.” With Waititi back in the chair for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Thor: Love and Thunder, and Jꦆenkins returning with her Wonder Woman sequel, it seems as tho😼ugh both directors found their rightful hero.
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