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Gal Gadot appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast to promote her Prime Video action movie “The Runner” and told host Josh Horowitz that she would likely not return as Wonder Woman if an opportunity to make a third movie came to be.

“For me to go to do another Wonder Woman, I am not sure I would at this point in my life with four children and different schools and all of that,” Gadot said. “To check out from all of them for such a long period of time, it doesn’t work for my life anymore at this point.”

Gadot played Wonder Woman in Zack Snyder’s DC Universe, debuting in 2016’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” before headlining 2017’s “Wonder Woman.” The standalone movie, directed by Patty Jenkins, was a blockbuster hit with $824 million at the worldwide box office. Gadot would appear in “Justice League” the same year before reuniting with Jenkins for 2020’s “Wonder Woman 1984.”

Jenkins was developing an idea for “Wonder Woman 3” when James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios, effectively ending Snyder’s tenure. While Gadot had claimed in 2023 that a third “Wonder Woman” would be developed in the rebooted DC Universe, sources told Variety at the time Gunn and Safran would not be moving forward with another Gadot-led sequel. The actor was ultimately not surprised when she got the boot.