‘Death on the Nile’ Banned in Lebanon and Kuwait Over Gal Gadot’s Israeli Background
The countries are boycotting the film due to the “Wonder Woman” star’s past involvement with the Israeli military.
The countries are boycotting the film due to the “Wonder Woman” star’s past involvement with the Israeli military.
Despite lengthy COVID delays and a seemingly cursed cast, “Death on the Nile” turns out to be the best Kenneth Branagh movie of the last six months.
“English is not her first language and I tend to be annoyingly flowery in my speech,” Whedon said in the interview with NY Mag.
The film previously generated controversy for casting the Israeli actress as an Egyptian queen.
“Would he tell me what he told me had I been a man?” Gadot asks.
Johnson’s “Skyscraper” director Rawson Marshall Thurber is behind the camera for this super-sized Netflix actioner.
According to the star, Whedon told her “if I did something, he would make my career miserable.”
Whedon allegedly told star Gadot that “he’s the writer and she’s going to shut up and say the lines.”
DuVernay was critical of the Hollywood Foreign Press for not having any Black members in the voting body.
Gadot said she understood her own potential influence on young people as soon as “Wonder Woman” debuted.
Not much is known about the film, outside of the director, star, and genre: an espionage thriller.
Warner Bros. is fast-tracking a development on a new sequel to complete the DC trilogy.