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Gal Gadot recalls dealing with serious back injury after first Wonder Woman film

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Yong Chavez, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

<p>HOLLYWOOD - When the first Wonder Woman movie was about to come out in 2017, unknown to many at the time, Gal Gadot had a back injury.</p><p>She, however, did not want to disappoint all the fans and media who attended her global promo tour.</p><p>“It was so bad. It was like literally a month and 10 days of doing press around the world with a huge, huge injury in my back. As soon as the movie came out, when the movie came out, I was in the OR, getting my back fixed,” Gadot said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1669136" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Gadot was grateful to be in much better health for “Wonder Woman 1984,” the sequel to her first blockbuster movie.</p><p>Talking about the theme of the second film, Gadot said: “We&#x27;re living in a society where we&#x27;re always in such a race for more, and we always want to be powerful and bigger and richer and more successful. When does it stop? When do we stop? And what&#x27;s the price that we&#x27;re paying for it?”</p><p>“Wonder Woman 1984” reunited Gadot with Patty Jenkins, who also directed the first Wonder Woman solo movie.</p><p>In the Philippines, the movie can be accessed through HBO Go via SKY.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/20/21/wonder-woman-1984-all-set-for-ph-release-on-hbo-go-via-sky">&#x27;Wonder Woman 1984&#x27; all set for PH release on HBO Go via Sky</a></li></ul><p>The film also stars Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Kristen Wiig as the Cheetah, Pedro Pascal as Max Lord, Robin Wright as Antiope, and Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/21WqEmJhgIg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>When the first Wonder Woman movie was about to come out in 2017, unknown to many at the time, Gal Gadot had a back injury.<br /> </p>

When the first Wonder Woman movie was about to come out in 2017, unknown to many at the time, Gal Gadot had a back injury.

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Gal Gadot recalls dealing with serious back injury after first Wonder Woman film

Yong Chavez,

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

Published Apr 25, 2021 04:45 PM PHT

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