David E. Kelley’s upcoming TV pilot Wonder Woman is currently in production, with a cast that includes Adrianne Palicki as Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman, Elizabeth Hurley, and Cary Elwes. The writer-producer recently revealed, though, that he initially turned down the project when it was first offered to him.
Here’s what he had to say in a recent interview.
The writer-producer also talked about the search for a new Wonder Woman, and the characteristics he was looking for in Diana Prince, which ultimately lead to Adrianne Palicki’s casting.
“Well I first said no, for all the obvious reasons. It’s not really what I do; it’s not a genre that’s in my wheelhouse. But then I started thinking about, What if there were such a person in today’s world and what must it be like to be her? And I was imagining the sense of social isolation that she must feel, that she indeed would probably be a rather complicated beast. When I started thinking about all the complications and potential layers to this superhero, I just got more and more intrigued. It was also something I was a little bit afraid of. That’s good, too. Any writer should get out of his or her comfort zone, and this was way outside of mine. So I took a deep breath and decided to go for it. I did not truthfully commit to doing it until I wrote the script. I was going to try writing it, and if I failed on my own terms, I would say no. If I thought, Yeah, this is something I believe in, then I’d turn it in. And it was something I ultimately did get behind. It was hard, but I had a good time writing it. And Warner Bros. and DC both responded very positively - and off we went.”
If the Wonder Woman pilot is picked up, it will likely premiere this fall on NBC. You can CLICK HERE to read the full interview with David E. Kelley.
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