<P> Chris Pine was cast as Steve Trevor, a character he described as a "rogue - ish, cynical realist who's seen the awful brutish nature of modern civilization" and added that he is a "worldly guy, a charming guy". He signed a multi-picture deal . Lucy Davis' performance as Etta Candy is the first live - action cinematic portrayal of the character . As well, Elena Anaya's performance as Doctor Poison is the cinematic debut of that character . Nicole Kidman was in negotiations for the role of Queen Hippolyta, but was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Big Little Lies . </P> <P> Production began on November 21, 2015, under the working title Nightingale . Among the film sets were Lower Halstow, Kent, Australia House, and the Sassi di Matera, Castel del Monte and Camerota in Southern Italy . Matthew Jensen was the director of photography, filming in the United Kingdom, France and Italy . Production in London ended on March 13, 2016 . On March 20, 2016, filming was underway in Italy . In late April, filming took place at a museum in France, where a Wayne Enterprises truck was spotted alongside Gadot . Production ended on May 9, 2016 . Patty Jenkins and director of photography Matt Jensen revealed that the film's look was inspired by painter John Singer Sargent . Reshoots took place in November 2016, while Gadot was five months pregnant . A green cloth was placed over her stomach to edit out her pregnancy during post-production . </P> <P> To find the perfect location to shoot the Amazon island of Themyscira, the birthplace of Wonder Woman herself, the film's producers searched all over the world, finally settling on the Amalfi Coast: a stretch of coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea, located in the Province of Salerno in Southern Italy . It was chosen because most beaches in the world that sit below big cliffs disappear beneath the tide for part of every day . Production designer Aline Bonetto and her location manager Charles Somers considered 47 countries and visited several of them before they found what they were looking for . Bonetto explained that, "Italy had beautiful weather, a beautiful blue - green sea, not too much tide, not too much wave . Our effects team added some cliffs in post-production, and it was the perfect way to go". </P> <P> The estuary at Lower Halstow in Kent, featured in the scenes in which Princess Diana arrives in the Belgian creek to make her way to the warfront . </P>

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