# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/41 "2010-12-29T14:38:59Z")
When have you even _seen_ her feet? What exactly are ugly feet, anyway? (Aside from the monstrosities in that Marketplace post I was dumb enough to click on, at any rate.) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/42 "2010-12-29T19:08:00Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Which is not to say that I wouldn’t want her to play a super-hero or super-heroic character. Add some tricky camera angles a la the hobbits in _Lord of the Rings_ or Hagrid in _Harry Potter_, and she’d be a wonderful She-Hulk. I would think that would be an even harder physical type to cast than Wonder Woman. > [@Zsofia](#): > > When have you even _seen_ her feet? What exactly are ugly feet, anyway? (Aside from the monstrosities in that Marketplace post I was dumb enough to click on, at any rate.) And Wonder Woman wears boots, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/43 "2010-12-29T19:39:31Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Excuse me, but in WHAT UNIVERSE is Wonder Woman a redhead?!?!? [Earth-10. \>\_\>](http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Brunhilde_(Earth-10)) (OK, that may be more auburn, but I couldn’t resist making the same comment I did in the BBT thread… \>\_\>) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/44 "2010-12-29T20:16:55Z")
> [@OneChance](#): > > I’ve put Christina Hendricks in the same category as Megan Fox, as in I’m not really sure what all the hype is about. She has pale skin, a short torso, ridiculously ugly feet, and a sort of fatty pudgy body. Are you that perv on the IMDb discussion boards who keeps asking for links to pictures of actresses’ feet? ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/45 "2010-12-29T21:53:44Z")
She’s ideal for a [Darwyn Cooke](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1024&bih=580&q=darwyn+cooke+wonder+woman&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=) take on Wonder Woman. He’s a fantastic artist who first debuted this interpretation of Wondy for his graphic novel New Frontier. He draws her just a touch \*taller \*than Superman - which is a nice touch considering she’s an Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/46 "2010-12-29T21:59:37Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > She’s ideal for a [Darwyn Cooke](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1024&bih=580&q=darwyn+cooke+wonder+woman&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=) take on Wonder Woman. He’s a fantastic artist who first debuted this interpretation of Wondy for his graphic novel New Frontier. He draws her just a touch \*taller \*than Superman - which is a nice touch considering she’s an Amazon. I recall it being more than a touch – about half a head. I agree that it’s a good idea. I see Clark as being 6’4" and Diana as 6’8". I think she should be of a size to be intimidating even if you don’t know she has super-powers. Though admittedly a 6’8" Princess of Themyscira is not going to be able to have a secret identity unless there’s some Don-Blake-type magic involved. But then, I like her better with a public identity anyway. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/47 "2010-12-29T22:05:10Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Though admittedly a 6’8" Princess of Themyscira is not going to be able to have a secret identity unless there’s some Don-Blake-type magic involved. What, they don’t have _American Gladiators_ in the DCU? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/48 "2010-12-29T22:05:58Z")
> [@OneChance](#): > > ridiculously ugly feet Those are just very severe bunions, ie: big toes realigning to point toward the other toes. If they’re hurting her, surgery can correct them, and she’ll probably have perfectly sexy feet. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/49 "2010-12-29T22:07:27Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Though admittedly a 6’8" Princess of Themyscira is not going to be able to have a secret identity unless there’s some Don-Blake-type magic involved. Diana Prince of the WNBA. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/50 "2010-12-29T22:24:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Are you that perv on the IMDb discussion boards who keeps asking for links to pictures of actresses’ feet? Or the head coach of the New York Jets? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/51 "2010-12-29T22:38:40Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > What, they don’t have _American Gladiators_ in the DCU? 🙂 Actually I doubt they do. If you wanted to see colorfully-clad people engaging in personal combat, you could just turn on CNN, no? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/52 "2010-12-29T22:40:02Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Actually I doubt they do. If you wanted to see colorfully-clad people engaging in personal combat, you could just turn on CNN, no? Or step out your front door… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/53 "2010-12-29T22:44:13Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Actually I doubt they do. If you wanted to see colorfully-clad people engaging in personal combat, you could just turn on CNN, no? Good point. I guess that’s Alan Moore’s old “comic books here have pirates” argument. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/54 "2010-12-29T22:49:14Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Or step out your front door… Well, even now, superheroes aren’t _that_ common. I will grant that people in Keystone who haven’t seen Wally are the minority, but he’s a special case. Anyway, if you open your door and see a meta battle outside, you do the same thing you would if you saw a tornado funnel. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/55 "2010-12-30T03:04:44Z")
[Christina Hendricks’ feet](http://www.feetceleb.com/christina-hendricks/christina-hendricks-feet.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/56 "2010-12-30T04:13:43Z")
[I can see it.](http://im.rediff.com/movies/2010/dec/23pic1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/57 "2010-12-30T05:19:26Z")
I can’t think of a tall, dark-haired, athletic actress to fill the role, but how about a tall, dark-haired, athletic non-actress? I nominate the 6’1" [Logan Tom](http://www.avca.org/includes/media/images/LoganTom.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/58 "2010-12-30T05:59:51Z")
Then let’s not half-ass it, let’s take it old school with [Gabriella Reece](http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/1/c/1c951-GR_1.jpg). ---
**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 30, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/59 "2010-12-30T15:29:07Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > [Christina Hendricks’ feet](http://www.feetceleb.com/christina-hendricks/christina-hendricks-feet.jpg). Jeeezus! Look at those big toes. Ick. Looks like monkey feet. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310/60 "2010-12-30T16:28:43Z")
I remember the happy days before the Internet when I would have responded to such comments about a beautiful woman’s feet being a turn-off by saying “So what? It’s not like you’re going to f&ck her feet.” Damn you, Internet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christina-hendricks-wants-to-play-wonder-woman/565310.md?page=4)