Chris Pine is sharing his thoughts on DC axing a third installment of Wonder Woman.
The actor, who starred in 2017’s Wonder Woman and 2020’s Wonder Woman 1984, recently told Business Insider that he was “stunned” after learning a third movie in the superhero franchise wasn’t happening.
“I’m stunned that they said no to a billion-dollar franchise and decided to pivot elsewhere,” the Poolman director said. “I don’t know what the reasoning was behind that; it’s above my pay grade, but Wonder Woman is an incredible character. Patty [Jenkins] is such a thoughtful director.”
Pine played Steve Trevor, the love interest of Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince/Wonder Woman character, in the first two movies, however, he noted that he wouldn’t have been involved in a third film.
“Me. No. Homie is dead. Steve is gonzo. It would be ridiculous to try to bring me back,” the Star Trek star said of his character, who died at the end of the first film but returned in the sequel when Gadot’s character wished him back to reality.
Elsewhere in the interview, Pine also recalled his reason for initially turning down the Wonder Woman role.
“I had no interest in playing the boyfriend, and it sounded like second fiddle,” the Princess Diaries 2 actor explained. “Then, in talking to Patty, the way she described it was, ‘Forget the superhero of it all, this is a romance, this is Casablanca, that’s the movie I want to make.’ I was like, oh, now that is very cool because when have you seen a superhero film that was a love story, ultimately? That had nothing to do with blowing shit up.”
Wonder Woman 3 was canceled when James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios and initiated their overhaul of the DC Comics Extended Universe.