[Warning: This story contains spoilers for Wonder Woman.]
I never knew how much I wanted to see Robin Wright do a backflip off of a horse only to springboard off a shield and fire arrows into three German soldiers. Then I saw it in Wonder Woman, and I immediately knew I wanted to see it again.
In a similar vein, watching Steve Trevor’s (Chris Pine) onscreen journey, there was an instant realization that he is a new entry in the superhero genre.The history of superhero girlfriends is a long and storied one, from Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane Watson and Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacey to Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Rachel Dawes. These women are professional MacGuffins — plot points more than people. Their presence, and often inevitable deaths, are used to move the narrative forward and to inspire the third-act change of heart in their respective superheroes. With Steve Trevor, we have a fully realized character, who is as much an active participant in our heroine’s journey as he is in the larger narrative.
Trevor gives Diana (Gal Gadot) the space to make her case, even though she is still figuring out her argument. He doesn’t scoff at the sincerity with which she repeatedly tells him she wants to “save man,” and even if he doesn’t believe her…
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