KillerWolf
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Not mine, of course:
That's exactly how the costume should look in the sequel.
Not mine, of course:
Michelles apparently wanted to put him as a damsel in distress...
That's just it. I don't think Maclaren was going to even go the route of "Military guy out of his depth". I suspect that he was going to be a full on incompetent himbo, or at least that WB feared that he would come across as such. This might have caused lots of problems.
For one, I think it's would be difficult to attract quality talent if the part came across badly in the script (and given that Gal's a mostly unknown quantity to the audience at large, getting a name in there the audience trusts gives the film some needed credibility). Secondly, the audience would ask, what does Diana see in this guy that he should warrant any attention at all if he's such a waste of space? Say what ever you will about Lois Lane, most depictions, even in the late Silver Age/Early Bronze Age made it clear that she was a force to be reckoned with herself and you get why Clark is so enamored of her. I think that while I understand Mclaren's motivations and all, that I understand and agree more with the counter argument. Females in the audience wouldn't look too kindly on Trevor if he were so ineffectual and male audience members would be looking at him as dead weight to the story.
Now... The story should be by rights about Diana, and she should be the focus, but you can do that without emasculating Trevor I think. Like I said, he can be competent, courageous ect., but just like Lois Lane, simply be involved with forces so powerful he's out of his depth requiring his guardian "Angel" to come save the day. Let's put it this way... If he's a male Margot Kidder/Amy Adams Lois Lane then I have no problem. If he's the male Racheal Dawes or MJ from the Raimi films (or the male Iris from the CW Flash) then I would find that problematic.
I hate to see any character, male or female, fall victim to the "boring/useless love interest" role. If they're going to use a charismatic actor like Pine, they should put that on display. Like you mentioned, Gal isn't a box office draw, so they're going to need his popularity to market this movie. That doesn't mean he needs to overshadow her, he just needs a bit of badassery and charisma. Showing each of them helping the other at different points in the movie will help make sure neither comes off as the weak one as well. I thought MOS did a decent job with that.
Yeah, there's no need to overcompensate with Trevor, but there's also no need to make him at best perfunctory as well. I suspect, I don't know but I suspect, that Mclaren wanted to have Trevor be like Raimi's MJ, as a sort of turn about is fair play, in regards to tropes in action films. I get the impulse, but think that WB wants a wide appeal film, and Trevor coming off badly could have turned off a big section of the audience, male and female.