When it was first announced that Israeli actress Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious) was going to be starring opposite Ben Affleck (Batman) and Henry Cavill (Superman) as Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman, some crass comments were made regarding her lack of physical resemblance with the character.
In her first interview as Wonder Woman, the actress
talked to Good Evening With Gai Pines (entertainment show in Israel), and addressed
some of the more stupid observations regarding the difference in bust size from
her to the character.
“Hmm. I represent the Wonder Women of the new world.
Breasts… anyone can buy for 9,000 shekels [Ed: Israeli currency] and everything
is fine. By the way, Wonder Woman is amazonian, and historically accurate
amazonian women actually had only one breast. So, if I’d really go “by the
book”…it’d be problematic.”
In the interview the actress also spoke about her training
routine for the role:
“It’s the physical preparations that I’m starting now.
A very serious training regime – Kung Fu, kickboxing, swords, jujutsu,
Brazilian…1,000 and 1 things…I’ll gain body mass.”
When people only know an actor/actress from one or two
things they tend to make brash judgments about what type of characters said
actor/actress can do, and in this case, yes Gadot is thin in the Fast &
Furious franchise where she plays Gisele, but let’s take a moment an consider
the fact that she was part of the Israeli Defense Force where she was an
athletic trainer, so with that in mind, do you still think she can’t pull off
Wonder Woman? As for the stupidity about her breasts not being big enough, this
isn’t Baywatch, besides if we are going to be too literal about the physical resemblance
between the comic books and the live-action adaptations, than I want to see
more men with square jaws in the next film.
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