<Ul> <Li> David Thewlis as Ares: </Li> </Ul> <Li> David Thewlis as Ares: </Li> <Dl> <Dd> The treacherous son of Zeus and half - brother of Diana, based on the Greek mythological god of War, who masquerades as Sir Patrick Morgan, a speaker for peace on the Imperial War Cabinet as part of his deceptive master plan of conquest and destruction . Describing the Sir Patrick persona of his character, Thewlis said "Sir Patrick's entire drive through the other half of the story is to bring about the armistice . That's his whole intention no matter what's going on . He meets Diana and see in her somebody who is sympathetic to his cause quite vehemently so ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> The treacherous son of Zeus and half - brother of Diana, based on the Greek mythological god of War, who masquerades as Sir Patrick Morgan, a speaker for peace on the Imperial War Cabinet as part of his deceptive master plan of conquest and destruction . Describing the Sir Patrick persona of his character, Thewlis said "Sir Patrick's entire drive through the other half of the story is to bring about the armistice . That's his whole intention no matter what's going on . He meets Diana and see in her somebody who is sympathetic to his cause quite vehemently so ." </Dd>

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