by Peter J. Devlin CAS
Peter Devlin on the National Mall in D.C., pushing his cart back at wrap
On Father's Day, June 17, 2018, my sound cart was set up on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C.,
but I had a feeling all was not as it seemed. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had just visited
the set with his entourage, our Director Patty Jenkins had just rehearsed the camera moves
with our DP, Matthew Jensen, and our huge cast of extras were dressed from another era.
Ben Greaves, my Boom Operator, was standing on top of a fi re truck, gas-guzzling cars
were idling in neutral, and everybody was waiting for our First AD Toby Hefferman to call
action. I was on the set of Wonder Woman 1984, at a time when social distancing was not
part of the vocabulary, and the only masks needed to be worn was when a dust storm hit
our production in the aptly named Fuerteventura in the Grand Canaries, later in the year.
WONDER
WOMAN
1984
