Wonder Woman's Child Star Lilly Aspell Reveals the Advice She Got From Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot
06/07/2017 06:11 pm EDT
Lilly Aspell, the child star who plays young Diana of Themyscira in Wonder Woman, was unsurprisingly delighted to take on the iconic role, and managed to take a lot away from the experience of working with some of the big names and top talent involved with the film.
In a new interview, Aspell narrowed down just what she learned from acclaimed director Patty Jenkins and franchise star Gal Gadot.
"Diana is very like me, so Patty just told me to be natural and let my own character come through," Aspell told The Hollywood Reporter. "This made my job much easier. I have so much admiration for Patty and I would love to work with her again someday. She really is inspirational."
The advice she got from Gal Gadot was a bit more practical.
"Gal is such a wonderful person and was very helpful. I would often watch her filming and try and listen to her accent, she told me to only act if you enjoy it as it can really show in your performance, the day you don't enjoy it, you should stop. She is also very kind and down-to- earth. I'd love to be just like her when I'm older."
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, Princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
Joining Gal Gadot in the international cast are Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner and Saïd Taghmaoui. Patty Jenkins directs the film from a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns, story by Zack Snyder and Allan Heinberg, based on characters from DC Entertainment. Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston.
The film is produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Richard Suckle, with Rebecca Roven, Stephen Jones, Wesley Coller and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, an Atlas Entertainment/Cruel and Unusual production, Wonder Woman.
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