# Gal Gadot is Wonder Woman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504 "2013-12-04T20:02:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**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 5, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/21 "2013-12-05T00:34:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > She’s 42. Gwyneth Paltrow, who somebody else mentioned, did a credible job in _Iron Man 3_ and she’s 41. Ming-Na Wen is playing an action heroine on _Agents of Shield_ at 50. But neither of them are playing an immortal demigoddess. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/22 "2013-12-05T00:39:33Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > But neither of them are playing an immortal demigoddess. Well, then they should cast Jamie Alexander. She’s got the chops. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/23 "2013-12-05T01:05:23Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > But neither of them are playing an immortal demigoddess. This. I am the last person to say someone is “too old” - especially actors - but for this role Diana \*must \*convincingly be in her prime, which means an actress no more than 30 or so. “People can’t tell me from my daughter” isn’t good enough. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/24 "2013-12-05T01:06:52Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Okay, I’ll wait for Gadot… Wait until hell freezes over, you. > [@CarnalK](#): > > You reading from some feminist script? Because the [original Wonder Woman](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/SensationComics.jpg), and no version I remember, was hardly “strapping”. The most recent decade or so has her quite athletic. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/25 "2013-12-05T01:11:56Z")
For those saying that she’s too skinny, all actors are too skinny when they get cast as superheroes. That’s when they get put on the vigorous weight training program to bulk up for the film. She won’t ever be physically imposing, but [Jamie Alexander’s Sif](http://static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/t/523b2d73e4b05a57cc8a0888/1379609973639/Lady%20Sif%20Thor%20The%20Dark%20World.jpg)is hardly an example of strapping either. She still works. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/26 "2013-12-05T01:11:59Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > This is looking more and more like a train wreck. The casting seems fine I suppose, don’t get me wrong, but unless WW is just a cameo or extended cameo how in the world is this movie going to have time for all these characters and not seem crowded and disjointed? > \ > > I hope I am surprised but I suspect this movie will disappoint. Pretty much my first thought as well. I’ve no opinion on the casting, but it’s going to be a very _busy_ movie, and that rarely works out well. Mind you, DC movies seem to have a long history of doing that - to their detriment, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/27 "2013-12-05T01:24:14Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > For those saying that she’s too skinny, all actors are too skinny when they get cast as superheroes. That’s when they get put on the vigorous weight training program to bulk up for the film. [For example…](http://media.projectthor.com/2011/11/thor-beforeandafter_1.jpg) I think she looks like a good choice, it’s just the rest of the movie I’m worried about. The most I’m hoping for is that she gets a standalone movie next that isn’t written by Zack “How Did You Fuck Up Sucker Punch” Snyder. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/28 "2013-12-05T01:24:17Z")
I love these mock-ups of Colbie Smulders, but she’s probably tied to the Marvel franchise now, as is Jamie Alexander. It would be like “Harry Potter” getting Ian MacKellan to play Dumbledore after Richard Harris died. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/29 "2013-12-06T14:37:31Z")
I was more optimistic about Wonder Woman when it was originally a (rumored?) Joss Whedon thing. I mean he really seems to get off on women who kick some ass. To that point, not so much about what Diana Prince “ought” to look like, but remember it’s not like Buffy or River or the like were Chyna from the WWF, but they could still scrap. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/30 "2013-12-06T19:33:32Z")
I still would have loved to see Gina Torres in the role, but I don’t think fandom is in the mood for a Cuban Wonder Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/31 "2013-12-06T20:08:34Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > It’s worth noting that being Israeli, she did her two years in the Israel Defense Forces. That sounds impressive to me, but I’ll admit to not knowing in what capacity she served and how rigorous her training was. According to Esquire magazine, “fitness coach”. I guess that means she’ll have no problems getting into shape for the role. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504/32 "2013-12-07T07:07:29Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I still would have loved to see Gina Torres in the role, but I don’t think fandom is in the mood for a Cuban Wonder Woman. I’m ready for a Cuban Wonder Woman, if she’s Gina Torres. She was incredible in Cleopatra 2525. Beautiful, too. A younger Lucy Lawless would get my vote as well. I’m trying to think of any current younger actresses who look the part and have a certain kickass/fitness quality to them, but I’m drawing a blank here. I’m sure I will come up with it as soon as someone else suggests her in this thread. That’s the way it tends to work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gal-gadot-is-wonder-woman/675504.md?page=1)