# Christina Hendricks wants to play Wonder woman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310 "2010-12-24T19:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/1 "2010-12-24T19:52:28Z")
[http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Christina-Hendricks-to-play-Wonder-Woman--Mad-Men-star-is-interested/7862588&rss=rss-kabc-ent\_story-7862588](http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Christina-Hendricks-to-play-Wonder-Woman--Mad-Men-star-is-interested/7862588&rss=rss-kabc-ent_story-7862588) Oh please, please, please let it happen 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/2 "2010-12-24T20:05:35Z")
There can be only [one](http://www.movieeye.com/celebrity_addresses/upl_images/scans/51358/Lynda_Carter-r171312.jpg)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/3 "2010-12-24T20:11:45Z")
I found it funny that the article was about Christina Hendricks and it was on the website “On the Red Carpet.” ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/4 "2010-12-24T20:38:51Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > I found it funny that the article was about Christina Hendricks and it was on the website “On the Red Carpet.” Hopefully she had the carpet pulled out. 😃 Also, she’s not fat, but she’s way too fleshy for Wonder Woman. WW should be thick, but solid. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/5 "2010-12-24T20:46:56Z")
That sounds like the sort of rumor a publicist might start. (And note that Hendricks says “We’re putting it out there.”) ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/6 "2010-12-24T20:58:30Z")
Excuse me, but in WHAT UNIVERSE is Wonder Woman a redhead?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/7 "2010-12-24T20:59:43Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > \ > Also, she’s not fat, but she’s way too fleshy for Wonder Woman. WW should be thick, but solid. She should also be statuesque. Lynda Carter was 5’9" (Christina is 5’7"), and I’d say that’s the lower limit for Wonder Woman. There’s a reason why a certain type of woman is described as an Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/8 "2010-12-24T21:11:12Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Excuse me, but in WHAT UNIVERSE is Wonder Woman a redhead?!?!? Assuming that Christina Hendricks is the redhead in question, that would be the universe created by a kind and loving God. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/9 "2010-12-24T21:22:52Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Excuse me, but in WHAT UNIVERSE is Wonder Woman a redhead?!?!? Gee, I wonder if they could give her dark hair through the wonders of movie magic? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/10 "2010-12-24T21:40:10Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Gee, I wonder if they could give her dark hair through the wonders of movie magic? :rolleyes: Invisible [BBT reference](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXPH5j-KWFA&playnext=1&list=PL4A7F91B37F5F8306&index=27) sold separately. And yes, I misquoted. Should have located the clip first. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/11 "2010-12-24T22:06:05Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Also, she’s not fat, but she’s way too fleshy for Wonder Woman. WW should be thick, but solid. I was thinking the same thing. Don’t get me wrong: I can’t think of anything I’d want to change about Hendricks - she’s breathtaking - but it’s hard to picture her in such an athletic role. OTOH, since I’ve only seen her as the 1960-era sexpot Joan Holloway, I may be confusing the actress with the role. She could be an accomplished rock climber for all I know. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/12 "2010-12-24T22:10:00Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Gee, I wonder if they could give her dark hair through the wonders of movie magic? :rolleyes: Similarly, there’s a method for someone who does not currently have an athletic build, to gain an athletic build. It’s called “exercise.” [sub]Okay, this is admittedly third hand information…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/13 "2010-12-24T22:49:01Z")
No, thank you. I don’t know what anybody sees in her. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/14 "2010-12-24T23:54:56Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Similarly, there’s a method for someone who does not currently have an athletic build, to gain an athletic build. It’s called “exercise.” > > [sub]Okay, this is admittedly third hand information…[/sub] Doesn’t always work. you can be incredibly fit and defined(think Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2 )and yet not look “athletic” as needed for this role. The actress needs to have the basic skeletal framework to start with-tall, hourglass figure, broad shoulders then add enough muscle to look burly without being bodybuilder big. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/15 "2010-12-24T23:59:05Z")
> [@ontheredcarpet.com](#): > > When asked by the UK newspaper The Times about reports that said she may star in a “Wonder Woman” project, former “Transformers” actress Megan Fox called the character a “lame superhero.” “I’m like, \*perfect \*for it,” Fox mumbled vacantly. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/16 "2010-12-27T22:54:49Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Assuming that Christina Hendricks is the redhead in question, that would be the universe created by a kind and loving God. Perfect ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/17 "2010-12-27T23:05:13Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Excuse me, but in WHAT UNIVERSE is Wonder Woman a redhead?!?!? I don’t believe she’s a natural redhead anyway. Sounds like okay casting to me, but my first choice would be Cobie Smulders (Robin from HIMYM). ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/18 "2010-12-27T23:41:58Z")
Excuse me, but in what world is Lynda Carter ‘thick’, ‘muscular’, or ‘burly’? She’s toned-looking and shapely with a phenomenal bone structure and weight distribution, but while playing WW she was the same size as most sex-symbol actresses these days. [Very small and thin - look at her bitty arms!](http://www.amazonarchives.com/Images/cbstv5.jpg) She looks technically underweight there. [Wasn’t always though](http://www.elanecdotario.com/2008/abr08/30/Lynda_CarterUSAW1972.jpg). I think Christina Hendricks is lovely and all but I can’t picture her in this role. WW to me is Lynda in every way… ---
**Author:** ![Raskolnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Raskolnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raskolnikov)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/19 "2010-12-27T23:47:33Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I don’t believe she’s a natural redhead anyway. Sounds like okay casting to me, but my first choice would be Cobie Smulders (Robin from HIMYM). I think I recall reading somewhere that she’s actually a natural blond. ---
**Author:** ![CorneaGenii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@CorneaGenii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorneaGenii)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/20 "2010-12-28T14:39:06Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > Sounds like okay casting to me, but my first choice would be Cobie Smulders (Robin from HIMYM). You’re not alone in thinking [this](http://fanartexhibit.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/wonder_woman_movie_still_new.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310.md?page=2)