Gal Gadot exposed DC: the truth about Cavill and Wonder Woman 3

Gal Gadot sat down at Happy Sad Confused and said what DC has never admitted in public. According to her, James Gunn and Peter Safran said they would develop Wonder Woman 3 with her. After that, she saw how Henry Cavill and Patty Jenkins were treated, and summed it up like this:

The Henry situation was not handled elegantly, to say the least.

Gal Gadot at Happy Sad Confused, with Josh Horowitz, 08/31/2026, at 37:54

For those just arriving: Happy Sad Confused is the podcast by journalist Josh Horowitz, the one that all of Hollywood uses when they want to speak without advice. Gal went there to promote The Runner, her thriller on Prime Video, and the chat lasted 52 minutes. She has been Wonder Woman since 2013, cast by Zack Snyder, and held the character for ten years.

The chronology that we put together in the video is fully documented, with date and original post. In October 2022, Cavill’s “I’m back” came out, recorded by order of the studio. The next day, DC leadership changed. In December of the same year came the ten days that buried Superman, Wonder Woman and her director. In 2023, “sources” denied the promise that now Gal herself confirms in 2026.

And there are two parts of the interview that are worth the entire article.

The first is the beginning of everything. She said that she was close to giving up acting, with a resume full of almost, and that after the test they called her for a chemistry test with Ben Affleck. That’s when the phone rang:

Zack called me and asked: have you ever heard of Wonder Woman?

Gal Gadot at Happy Sad Confused, 08/31/2026, at 28:42

In other words, it’s not a recent connection and there’s nothing behind the scenes of 2026. It’s a memory of 2013, the day that Zack Snyder decided to bet on an actress that no one was betting on.

The second is the size of the bet. She recalled that, during filming, Wonder Woman was the underdog of the house. In her words, the studio’s cheap superhero film, with a budget that she estimates between 80 and 100 million dollars, while Warner’s attention went to other films. Note that the description is hers, it is not a nickname she gives to Warner. The underdog made $824 million.

We were like a cheap superhero movie.

Gal Gadot at Happy Sad Confused, 08/31/2026, at 35:18

That’s why this interview is about SnyderVerso without even mentioning the name. When the actress who held Wonder Woman for ten years describes the studio’s treatment with this tone, and in the same conversation remembers that the person who bet on her was Zack, she is confirming with name and minute what the movement has been saying since 2017.

In the video, excerpts from the interview are subtitled in PT-BR, with a font on the screen at each step.