Wonder Woman: Chris Pine Reveals His Character’s Indiana Jones Tie-In

Chris Pine compares the chemistry between Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor to Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood.

When Captain Steve Trevor crash lands on Themyscira and reveals the horrors of World War I to the sheltered Amazons, it inspires Wonder Woman to leave the idyllic island with Trevor and begin her journey to becoming a hero. As he witnesses her pure heroism, only wanting to do what’s right for all, Wonder Woman is able to chisel away at his Trevor’s cynicism and restore his faith in humanity.

Of course, along the way, Trevor will fall in love with the Amazon princess. During their unplanned courtship, they will bicker and argue as they develop romantic feelings for each other. Chris Pine took inspiration from the relationship that the intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood had in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

“[Patty Jenkins] was pretty clear: I had to fall in love with [Diana], crack some jokes, and be the kind of light spirit — which I had no problem doing! In the vein of the Indiana Joneses, and Michael Douglas in Romancing The Stone,” Pine told CinemaBlend, “the kind of rough around the edges and jaded and a realist, but trying his damnedest to be good. I love the story that she was trying to tell. So yeah, [laughs] I enjoyed it!”

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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.

The film will be released on June 2, 2017.