Gal Gadot has confirmed that James Gunn and Peter Safran never actually told her that her time as Wonder Woman was over. For years, speculation swirled about what truly happened behind the scenes when DC Studios changed leadership. The actress had largely kept her account brief, letting outside reports fill the silence around her exit. Now, in a candid new conversation, she is finally laying out her side in full.

While speculation lingered for three years, one candid podcast conversation finally cleared the air, and what Gadot revealed reshapes the entire narrative.

Gal Gadot made clear that DC Studios leadership never had a formal farewell conversation for her role as Wonder Woman. Speaking with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, she recalled being told the opposite of an exit plan. According to her, the studio intended to keep building her story rather than close it out entirely.

"No, they told me the opposite. They were like, 'We're going to develop it with you, the third...'" said Gadot.

She then added, "But I saw the way everybody else [was] handled, right?" The Henry [Cavill] situation was not handled elegantly to say the least. Patty [Jenkins] was not handled elegantly. We’re all adults and we’re all good,” emphasizing that actions ultimately spoke louder than promises made behind closed doors.

Missing from the conversation until now was the timeline of when this reassurance actually took place, something Gadot addressed candidly on Happy Sad Confused. She explained that despite being told plans were moving forward, she independently watched how colleagues around her were treated during the transition. Her Wonder Woman run, which began with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and carried through two solo films, ended without any formal closure from the new leadership team. That gap between reassurance and reality appears to be what shifted her outlook entirely.

"I am so grateful I got the opportunity to wear these boots and have the character be so celebrated. I can only wish whoever is next comes pure to this journey. This character means so much to so many of us. It was never mine. I was always just a vessel. This is Hollywood, ” Gadot said.

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While Gadot quietly processed one industry shift, another transformation was already reshaping how she approached her next major role.

Gal Gadot has since moved toward an entirely different kind of production challenge. She is set to appear in Bitcoin, a Doug Liman project starring Casey Affleck, where artificial intelligence assists with sets and lighting rather than performance. Gadot stated that keeping her acting untouched by generative tools required extensive legal groundwork beforehand. Her team spent roughly six months negotiating contract terms to ensure the technology stayed confined strictly to production design instead of her craft.

“It was six months from my lawyers to go through every scenario we could think about as far as the AI component of it. I did not want AI to have anything to do with my performance," she told on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

That level of caution reportedly caught the attention of SAG representatives, who consulted her legal team while updating union guidelines around similar technology. Gadot maintained that every performance in the film remains entirely her own, untouched by digital enhancement of any kind. The project also reflects a shift in how expensive biopics get made, since AI assistance reportedly helped lower its budget considerably. Ultimately, both situations reveal an actress adjusting to industry decisions made around her, whether the change involved a cape or a soundstage.

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