Back in May, Kristen returned to host the Mother’s Day episode of Saturday Night Live, where she hinted at becoming a mother, by thanking her mom Laurie Johnston, for “preparing me to be a mom myself.”
Avi is a writer, actor, producer and director who trained at the Groundlings theater in Los Angeles – where Kristen also studied.
“We’re going to continue to explore. You know, the last movie was the coming-of-age story of Diana and how she became Wonder Woman. Now she’s been around for a few decades, helping make the world a better place. But she’s also struggled. She’s very lonely and doesn’t want to engage with people because she doesn’t want to be hurt by losing them again. And then something crazy happens and she has to deal with that. I can’t tell you more without giving away spoilers,” she revealed of Wonder Woman 1984.
“With a second movie, I just feel we took it to the next level. It’s so ambitious and so complicated to shoot. There are multiple storylines. We prepped it for six months and shot it for almost eight months. We gave everything we had to bring with the best story we could bring. I’m very proud of the result because it’s so close to my heart and I’m excited for you to watch it. You just saw the trailer. That’s just a glimpse!”
She also talked about Kristen Wiig joining the film franchise.
“I’m so happy Kristen said yes to this. She became a very close friend of mine. She’s so talented, so smart and she really has the range. Yes, Barbara is a character that starts off vulnerable and insecure. Then she transitions into someone dark and menacing. Diana sees many things in Barbara that she would like to have, and Barbara feels the same about Diana. Honestly, she’s my favorite villain. She’s so bad-ass and sexy and funny and sophisticated,” she revealed.
She was also asked about Chris Pine‘s involvement, who died in the first movie.
“Ooh, I can’t say much about that,” she said at first.
“He is there. Look, Chris Pine has been an integral part of the franchise. We were so sad that his character died. I’m so happy [director] Patty Jenkins and [co-screenwriter] Geoff Johns were able to find a way to bring him back in the story and bring him back in such a clever way. We never would have done it if it didn’t fit the story.”
Kristen Wiig wears a mask while stepping out for a walk with fiance Avi Rothman on Monday morning (May 11) in Los Angeles.
The 46-year-old Bridesmaids actress, who was also joined by her dog on the walk, has been the subject of pregnancy rumors ever since her surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live over the weekend.
Kristen appeared on the Mother’s Day episode and opened up about how she appreciates her mom more this year than in the past 45 years of her life.
“I don’t know if I truly appreciated my mom the first 45 years of my life. But this year I’m feeling especially grateful for her advice, her love. I’m so thankful for all the things she’s taught me, like preparing me to be a mom myself,” Kristen said.
That final line has fans thinking that Kristen might be expecting a baby. Make sure to watch the appearance now!
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The 46-year-old Wonder Woman 1984 actress hosted the Mother’s Day episode remotely from her home.
During her monologue, Kristen took the opportunity to wish her mom a Happy Mother’s Day.
“This is the Mother’s Day show and at SNL it’s a very special time to celebrate moms,” Kristen said. “Unfortunately, like a lot of you, I can’t be with my mom this Mother’s Day so I hope it’s okay I tell her I love her.”
“You know I’ve been thinking lately, I don’t know if I truly appreciated my mom the first 45 years of my life, but this year I’m feeling especially grateful for all the things she taught me, preparing me to be a mom myself,” Kristen said before showing a plate of raw chicken breast. “Things like breastfeeding, babies love that chicken, she would always say that.”
Kristen ended her monologue by thanking all the parents supporting their families during the pandemic.
“So I do want to thank my mom and all the moms out there helping us get through this and have been there,” Kristen said. “We thank you so much, happy Mother’s Day. Thank you moms and thank you dads.”
Gal gathered a bunch of celebs to sing snippets of the John Lennon song “Imagine” to show support for people around the world affected by the current health crisis. Instead of inspiring fans, it actually got a negative reaction as people called out celebrities for singing lines like “imagine no possessions” when they actually are privileged.
Jamie opened up about the video during an appearance on the Tea With Me podcast.
“It’s a funny thing. Not being on social media, I wasn’t really that aware of the negative reaction, but I was made aware quite quickly by some mates,” he said. “It was early on in the lockdown process. Gal, who organized it, she organized it with Kristen Wiig.”
“Kristen and I did a movie together last summer that’s meant to be coming out this summer on July 31, but who knows what will happen. There’s still hoping it will get a cinematic release, who knows… We got on brilliantly. I would do anything for her — that’s how highly I think of her. I was the biggest fan of her before anyway,” Jamie added. “Such a genius… Kristen texted, ‘My friend Gal and I are trying to organize this thing to lift people’s spirits.’”
Jamie said that he was told they wanted him to sing just a line from the song and he could pick between two different lines. He said “of course” he’d do it and it sounded like a “lovely thing to do.”
A few days after the video was released, Kristen texted Jamie and said “sorry” for asking him to be part of the video.
“I’ll tell you what the problem was. I literally did mine in the toilet of my house… Quite clearly, some people had escaped to their second home,” Jamie continued. “There’s too much acreage in the background, too many beautiful trees swaying in the background, clearly in front of an ocean, that sort of craic. I was quite aware of that whenever I was doing it, to make it normal.”
Jamie defended Gal by saying, “Listen. Break it all down, that’s a very well-known, successful, beautiful person, who, I’ve never met, but everyone I know says she’s lovely and she’s all about being good and kind. She was trying to do a good and kind thing and just got nailed for it. I just got dragged along with it, but listen, what are we going to do.”
You can watch the segment starting at the 22:24 mark in the video below.
“Happiest birthday @pascalispunk !! We love you so much! It was definitely a new way to celebrate but even when we’re not together we’re always close at heart! ❤️ love you,” Gal wrote on her Instagram account.
It looks like Gal even made some cupcakes (with no frosting) to help celebrate the birthday.
The film was supposed to be released on June 5 and will now hit theaters on August 14.
“When we greenlit WW 1984 it was with every intention to be viewed on the big screen and are excited to announce that Warner Bros. Pictures will be bringing the film to theatres on August 14th,” Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Chairman Toby Emmerichsaid in a statement. “We hope the world will be in a safer and healthier place by then.”
In addition, Warner Bros. announced some other changes to their release date schedule including In the Heights, which was supposed to be released on June 26, will now be delayed indefinitely.
Scoob, the animated Scooby Doo film, will not be released on May 15 anymore. Future dates will be revealed.
