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Jenkins, 46, told \"Good Morning America\" ahead of the film's release why the character Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot, is her muse.

\"I think she is the grand, classic superhero, of which there are very few,\" Jenkins said. \"Many of the superheroes stand for different, smaller things. She is a hero, uncomplicated, loving, kind. Also sexy, cool, tough, bada--.\"

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Jenkins said she believes superheroes like Wonder Woman become the \"fantasy embodiment of ourselves.\"

\"For all of us who pretended we were Lynda Carter [who played Wonder Woman in the '70s TV show] running around the playground, you can save the world, you can take out the bad guy and you look like Lynda while you're doing it,\" she added. \"Who doesn't want that?\"

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