Patty Jenkins

Talking Pictures

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4.8 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Host Ben Mankiewicz visits with director Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman, Monster) and her mother (!!) to talk superheroes, female serial killers, and gets her take on being a female director in Hollywood. Patty surprises Ben with stories about her friendship with singer Steve Perry and she talks about that rumored Star Wars script. Plus, an impressive Super 8 for your movie list. Films Mentioned: Wonder Woman* Wonder Woman 1984* Monster Midnight Cowboy The Devil's Advocate Superman (1978)* Reds What Have I Done To Deserve This? I Know Where I’m Going A Matter of Life and Death Moulin Rouge The Red Balloon* Charade Bridge Over the River Kwai The Best Years of Our Lives Doctor Zhivago *Available on Max as of 3/12 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I could not sleep, and my internal narrative was, way to go, loser.
0:04.1	Loser! Like, I just laid in bed, like, just so miserably hard on myself.
0:10.0	Hi there, I'm Ben Mancowicz.
0:12.1	Like all of us, Patty Jenkins has had those nights when her brain just wouldn't turn off,
0:18.4	when she couldn't shake the fear of failure.
0:21.9	Patty is best known for directing the Wonder Woman movies.
0:25.4	In fact, Patty is the first woman to direct a superhero franchise.
0:29.8	Wonder Woman hit theaters in 2017.
0:36.7	2017 began with the largest single-day protest in U.S. history.
0:42.7	Millions of women across the country marched to protest the election of Donald Trump.
0:47.9	He'd take office 20 days later.
0:49.9	We can.
0:51.2	Yes, we can.
0:52.5	It made for fertile ground to launch a Wonder Woman franchise.
0:57.4	It became one of the highest grossing movies of the year.
1:00.9	My daughter was only four when Wonder Woman hit theaters.
1:04.2	Now she's ten.
1:05.7	As I prepared for my chat with Patty,
1:08.6	my daughter and I sat down to watch Wonder Woman together, as well as
1:12.8	the sequel Patty directed Wonder Woman 84. My kid fell in love, certainly with Gal Godot, with Wonder Woman's
1:23.1	origin story, and a little, I'm afraid, with Chris Pine. Look, there are still days when my daughter
1:30.9	insists that I'm the least cool person to roam this planet, but there are other days,
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