'I am the Night' director Patty Jenkins was Fauna Hodel's Wonder Woman, claim daughters

'I am the Night' director Patty Jenkins was Fauna Hodel's Wonder Woman, claim daughters

TNT's 'I am the Night', helmed by Patty Jenkins, is one of the most anticipated shows of the year and it is by no sheer accident that the 'Wonder Woman' director got this opportunity. Fauna Hodel, the woman on whom the heart-wrenchingly twisted tale is centered on, knew she wanted Jenkins to tell her story, according to her daughters Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro.

Both women vouch that their mother was a fairy, who sprinkled her fairy dust wherever she went, and everything going on in their lives – including 'I am the Night' and the companion podcast 'Root of Evil', which they are co-hosting – is all thanks to her.

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"Patty Jenkins was mom's Wonder Woman. They had been friends for years. Patty was really fascinated with mom's story but she was like, 'I gotta go, I gotta go do Wonder Woman', and mom is like, 'I'm waiting. You're going to do Wonder Woman, you are going to be a huge success, and then you are going to do my story'," says Pecoraro, adding, "And, she knew, it was supposed to be Patty. It was supposed to be Chris [Pine, actor]. It was supposed to be Sam [Sheridan, EP]. It was supposed to be TNT."