Connie Nielsen says that Queen Hippolyta’s best action moment was cut from Justice League. The mother of Diana Prince/Wonder Woman first appeared in 2017’s Wonder Woman. That film was a huge success with audiences and critics alike. It grossed $821 worldwide at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing film in the DC Extended Universe at the time. Led by Gal Gadot’s performance as the titular character, Wonder Woman was praised for its depiction of female action heroes.

Wonder Woman’s Amazonian fight scenes are arguably its strongest; at the beginning of the film, Diana is raised and trained on the hidden island of Themyscira. The island is inhabited by the Amazonian women warriors, all of whom train their entire lives. During the film’s training sequences and confrontation with German soldiers, fans see what characters like Diana and Queen Hippolyta are capable of. The next time audiences visit Themyscira is in Justice League when Steppenwolf and his army come into conflict with Hippolyta and her warriors.

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In an interview with Coming Soon, Hippolyta actress Connie Nielsen opened up about her work on Justice League. While some of Hippolyta’s scenes on Themyscira made it into the theatrical version, Nielsen’s favorite stunt was cut. Like a lot of fans who were disappointed with Justice League, Nielsen finds herself having a hard time accepting what could have been:

It was so cool. I got to run up a wall and pivot in the air, and as I pivoted on my way down I speared one of the monsters. I literally did that for weeks to get that, and then they didn't put it in. They took it out, they put it in, they took it out… It's my great regret because I love stunts, I love being a badass in a film like that, and then sorry that the audience didn't get to see that part of the cool Amazon fighting techniques.

Expectations for 2017’s Justice League were high. Not only was the film set to unite the DCEU's biggest heroes but also their worlds. Unfortunately, audiences and critics found themselves underwhelmed with the film; it grossed only $657.9 million worldwide. Justice League’s lackluster success could be due to the circumstances surrounding its conception. Original director Zack Snyder was forced to leave the project after a family tragedy, subjecting the film to rewrites and reshoots under Joss Whedon's direction. The final cut of Justice League is supposedly very different from Snyder’s original vision.

In the wake of Justice League's release, fans have called for the Synder Cut. Several members of the Justice League and Snyder himself have since joined that movement. The director has expressed he would like to see the story of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the last DCEU film he completed) continued. However, no plans have been announced by Warner Bros. to release Snyder’s Cut of Justice League, so fans may never get to see Nielsen's favorite stunt. Fortunately, we will get to see Nielsen reprise her role of Hippolyta soon, in Wonder Woman 1984.

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Source: Coming Soon

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