Gal Gadot cast as Wonder Woman

[NewJeffCT]

Fast & Furious star

She was first fast and furious. Now Israel actress Gal Gadot is looking positively wondrous.

Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed Wednesday that Gadot, 28, has been cast to play Diana Prince, and her superhero alter ego Wonder Woman, in director Zack Snyder's upcoming Man of Steel follow-up. The as-yet-untitled movie, scheduled for release July 17, 2015, features Henry Cavill in his second stint as Superman (and Clark Kent) and Ben Affleck, who's making his movie debut as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/12/04/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-movie/3869533/

[Xyzse]

1. I don't know how I feel about this.

I guess she's alright.
I think she is a wee bit too dainty as Wonder Woman however.

Still, she is very athletic.

[NewJeffCT]

2. I haven't seen

any of the Fast & Furious movies, so I have no idea about her acting or athleticism.

[Xyzse]

4. Thing is, she was mostly shooting guns in those movies.

I really would have preferred Gina Carano.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Carano

would have been excellent

[Xyzse]

6. I mean, Gal Gadot is pretty and athletic...

However, she reminds me of a dancer rather than fighter.

Some have mentioned "Denise Milani", though I just can't see it.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Isn't Milani

some sort of softcore porn starlet with enormous breasts? (at least that's what I get from a quick google search)

Carano would have been good - she's tall, strong, intense and athletic. Jennifer Lawrence is tall and athletic, as well as an excellent actress. She's also young enough to play the role in several movies as a franchise (the upcoming Superman movie, plus a WW trilogy and a Justice League trilogy)

[Xyzse]

8. I don't know who she is.

I just saw her name in one of the comments, so I mentioned her here.

As for Jennifer Lawrence, yes, she is tall and athletic but I can't see her as Wonder Woman.

[NewJeffCT]

9. let's just say

that Milani makes Lynda Carter look flat-chested.

she's an "erotic fitness model" according to one site I saw, but does not pose nude.

[Xyzse]

10. I see...

Well, I am not going to complain much about Gal Gadot, I'll wait for the movie.
I just feel like they are cramming so many super heroes in that Batman/Superman movie that they might just kill the chances of it being any good.

[NewJeffCT]

11. I think too many heroes and too many villains

has been the bane of superhero movies - Batman with Michael Keaton was good with just Jack Nicholson as the Joker. However, each one got worse when they added in more bad guys and then Robin. Same with Spider-Man. First one was good with just the Green Goblin... second was okay with Doc Ock and the Hobgoblin... third sucked with Venom, Sandman & Hobgoblin.

So, I think they're tempting fate by putting in Batman and Wonder Woman.

[Xyzse]

12. Same here.

They are adding Nightwing as well I hear.

[EOTE]

40. To the Batman/Superman movie?

That would be fairly odd as Nightwing is supposed to work on his own. I wonder if they're going to use the older, more grisled Batman of The Dark Knight Returns. That would make things make a bit more sense if they're going to add Nightwing.

[Xyzse]

42. Yep... That's what I heard

An older grizzled Batman going against Superman.

Should have gone for a late 30s Batman instead.

So yeah, that's why they are adding a Nightwing.

[EOTE]

44. That disappoints me.

As the recent "Dark Knight Returns" animated flicks have shown, an older Batman can translate really well to the screen. However, seeing as this is all leading up to a Justice League movie, the thought of it featuring a post-retirement Batman doesn't seem to make much sense.

I haven't seen much great in terms of D.C. films as of late. The last one I really enjoyed was The Dark Knight, so I'm not nearly as excited for the Justice League movie as I should be. I'm also really disappointed I'm not going to see a big-screen representation of Martian Manhunter any time soon. I do think that Affleck could do a good job, though. I really hope that Bats v. Supes and JL are going to be awesome, but my expectations are fairly low as of now. Oh well, at least I'll have Avengers 2 and Ant Man to keep me entertained until then.

[Xyzse]

47. Same here.

These are just speculation though.
Still, they are somehow placing too much in this movie that it feels like it will get bloated.

[EOTE]

35. Spider Man 2 only hinted at Hobgoblin.

It was pretty much just Doc Ock with hints of a Lizard to come. IMO, it was one of the top three comic book movies of the past 40 years, mostly due to Alfred Molina's awesome performance. Part 3 as you say, did suck incredibly bad. And while I wasn't a fan of the first Amazing Spiderman, the trailer for the second just came out today and it's looking pretty sweet. It seems like they're gearing up for a Sinister Six confrontation in a future movie that I've been waiting for for a very long time.

[NewJeffCT]

36. Odd fact on Alfred Molina

He was in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark - the guy that says, "Throw me the idol, I'll throw you the whip" to Indy as the temple is collapsing around them.

[EOTE]

37. Great movie loaded with great actors and performances.

John Rhys-Davies is another of my favorites and he gives a great performance in that flick. Certainly in my top 10 films of all time, I wish more movies like that were made in this day and age. The closest I've seen from a recent film in my mind would be Captain America, which I thought was good, but not quite great.

[NewJeffCT]

15. Here she is in a WW costume

[BainsBane]

39. That's totally photoshopped

Unless she got implants between the picture in the OP and this one.

[NewJeffCT]

41. different woman

one of the above responses mentioned Wonder Woman should be Denise Milani, who is pictured above in the WW costume. Milani, though, is an "erotic fitness model" from the Czech Republic, and not an actress.

[BainsBane]

43. I see

I read the post you were responding to and didn't see her referenced. I did wonder if it might be someone else. Too bad Hollywood and magazines don't allow busty women with real breasts to appear anymore. Christina Hendricks is the only exception I can think of.

[NewJeffCT]

45. It was a few posts back

and, I think the concern about busty women is that sometimes both men (and some women) don't take them as seriously as actresses if people are looking at their chests first... didn't Christina Ricci get a breast reduction for that reason? (Not saying all men & women do it, but it can happen.)

[BainsBane]

48. Yet fake ones are okay?

It's all part of the backlash Susan Faludi wrote about. http://susanfaludi.com/backlash.html
As women have started to gain political and economic power, the female body image has become increasingly distant from how women actually look. Models look like emaciated boys and when women do have breasts, real ones are no longer acceptable. Instead, grotesque inflated devices are preferred (see Playboy and Penthouse) because the slight droop of natural breasts belonging to even young women is unacceptable. Women become increasingly focused on trying to form their bodies into unrealistic standards set in the media. It's a way to disempower women in order to check their ascendency in other areas of public life.

[NewJeffCT]

50. Many of the more popular younger actresses

are not sporting implants, yet are considered attractive - Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Watson, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightly, Emma Stone, Mila Kunis, Kristen Stewart, Rooney Mara and probably some others. (Shailene Woodley could become popular if Divergent is a hit next year and would be another)

Other than Scarlett Johannson, there are not many top younger actresses that would be like Lynda Carter, Loni Anderson, Dolly Parton, Adrienne Barbeau, Kim Basinger, etc back in the 70s and 80s in terms of

[BainsBane]

51. which corresponds with the women's movement

as opposed to the more voluptuous body image of the 1950s. Faludi provides a lot of evidence for her argument, like stats showing a growing disparity between the average American woman and the typical Miss America contestant.

[NewJeffCT]

52. You can also say similar about men

Other than some comedic actors, the top younger actors today are almost all muscular, ripped and have washboard abs and hairless chests, while both men & women in our country are getting fatter.

And, is Miss America that popular anymore?

My point above is that women like Dolly Parton, Lynda Carter, Loni Anderson, etc were not realistic. They may have been curvier than today's actresses, but were often enhanced through surgery and/or padded bras to look bustier than your average woman, who was slimmer and less busty than your average woman of today.

[BainsBane]

53. It's not the same for men

pretending so is disingenuous. Male body images are not sickly ill and malnourished. The ideal body image for women means endangering health for perceived beauty, which is why so many young girls DIE from anorexia. Sexism exists. Refusing to acknowledge that is no different from denying racism, which is in itself a form of racism. As the link shows, Faludi's book was published in 1991. Models are far thinner than at the time she did publish her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award winning book.
You ought to at least look at a summary of the book before deciding the argument is false.

[NewJeffCT]

54. No, it's not the same for men

that I agree with. But, both men & women have unrealistic models to follow.

However, you're citing the Miss America pageant as a reference. 22 years ago, when Backlash was written, maybe the Miss America pageant still had some cultural relevance, though it was on the decline. Back in the 80s and earlier, the TV broadcast was an event.

Now, hardly anybody watches the pageant - the Las Vegas Guardian here writes about it being on life support http://guardianlv.com/2013/09/the-life-and-death-of-miss-america/

If you want cultural icons for many young women these days, you have to go to women that have not been surgically enhanced, like the group of young actresses I had mentioned above.

[BainsBane]

49. She's got the clear heels Chris Rock talks about

I won't like to it because people will take offense.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. It looks like she was lobbying for the job because there is a picture of her

dressed as Wonder Woman. I won't post it because I'll be accused of promoting porn.

[Blue_Tires]

24. I'll come out and say it: She isn't busty enough...

[NewJeffCT]

31. as I said above

Lynda Carter wasn't as busty as she seemed on TV - strategic use of padding enhanced her look.

[Blue_Tires]

32. or maybe they can ditch the padding and find someone 'all-natural?'

[NewJeffCT]

33. you mean

like Gadot is natural?

she was supposedly a fitness trainer for the Israeli army, so should be fit and athletic.

[BainsBane]

38. That's because she's starved her breats away

Look how much thinner she is than Linda Carter.

[NewJeffCT]

3. picture here:

[Javaman]

13. a little too waif-ish for me.

I always thought of WW as a tough asskicker with a near body builders body.

[NewJeffCT]

14. Lynda Carter is the iconic Wonder Woman

but, she wasn't a bodybuilder by any stretch. She was tall & attractive with a nice figure, though.

[loli phabay]

16. this, not sure how she will look as wonderwoman who i thought was an amazonian or something similar

She should be six feet six and built like a walk in closet.

[NewJeffCT]

18. she's the same height as Lynda Carter

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5'9"

[loli phabay]

19. did not know that, carter always seemed much taller, mayby i was just shorter

[NewJeffCT]

25. well, they can also do a lot with shoes

and camera angles, as well as pairing her with actors that are close to her height or shorter. Make the soles of the shoe thicker and insert some lifts inside, and you've grown 1-2 inches right there. Then, when not shooting WW's feet, have her stand on top of a board that's maybe an inch or two thick, and you've suddenly got 5'9" Carter looking like she's 6'1"

Oh, and while she certainly wasn't flat chested, she was not as amply endowed as she appeared on TV - padding inside her bra to make her appear bigger there, too.

[Vashta Nerada]

17. She's way too skinny and she has no muscle mass.

Horrible casting choice.

[NewJeffCT]

26. While I loved Lynda Carter back in the day

Carter wasn't exactly a bodybuilder, either. (Carter was also not as busty as she seemed on the show, either)

[underpants]

20. Too skinny

My wife just said, "Wonder Woman is voluptuous"

[NewJeffCT]

28. I'd have preferred a different choice

like Gina Carano or Jennifer Lawrence, but I'll see Gadot looks like on screen first.

(BTW, Lynda Carter was not quite as voluptuous as she appeared on TV)

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Dang! I saw that earlier and didn't think anything of it.

[joeybee12]

23. Who? nt

[NewJeffCT]

27. That's what I said, too

I had never seen the Fast & the Furious movies before so had never heard of her.

[joeybee12]

34. I think Is aw the first Fast and Furious...that was it...

Apparently she's somebody!

[Kaleva]

29. Sexist and racist choice. Why not Samuel L. Jackson?

Ben Affleck as Batman. Samuel L. Jackson as Wonder Woman. What's not to like about that movie?

[NewJeffCT]

30. I heard Samuel L Jackson

was going to play a Hooters Girl in another movie.

[EOTE]

46. Do you see these wrist cuffs?!? That means you can't shoot me!!

Yeah I think Alkyone should die!! She should die and burn in hell!

I lassoed you, asshole, now tell me how these motherfucking snakes got on this motherfucking plane! Say what one more time!

Yeah, Sam Jackson would be an inspired choice

[Kaleva]

55. He'd bring a sense of style to that role not seen before.

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[kwassa]

56. as Jules said: The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish

and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee.

[Yavin4]

57. Thank you. I got tired of waiting for her. n/t