# New Wonder Woman movie coming in 2007 - Who should be cast as Wonder Woman? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109 "2006-02-18T18:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [February 19, 2006, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/61 "2006-02-19T09:31:02Z")
You’re all forgetting… **Robot Arm’s First Law of Superhero Movies** “The lead role should be cast with someone who can convincingly play the secret identity.” Christopher Reeve was good as Clark Kent, and _Superman_ was a good movie. Tobey Maguire was believable as Peter Parker, and _Spider-Man_ worked because of it. Does anyone see Jessica Alba and think “astronaut”? _Fantastic Four_ suffered for it. So, who should be cast as Diana Prince? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/62 "2006-02-19T10:00:43Z")
I admit I get very emotional over the subject of female warriors/basass characters and their portrayal in film and in video games - basically, I like women who actually look like hardasses and who aren’t too stereotypically “hot” (huge tits and toothpick body.) Nobody would think of casting Jared Leto or Jake Gyllenhaal (pretty boys) for a role that would be better for Tom Jane or Russell Crowe. When it comes to male badasses, there’s a general understanding that the guy needs to look rugged if he is playing an action hero. On the other hand, it seems like every ass-kicking-chick movie features an actress who just looks like a “hot chick” who happens to be kicking ass. Lucy Lawless is a great choice, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/63 "2006-02-19T12:54:02Z")
Who was the chick that played the BIG scary looking dude’s parole officer? (The guy that was in love with Goldie?) _That_ girl. She’s definately got the look for it. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/64 "2006-02-19T13:55:00Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > So, who should be cast as Diana Prince? Ah, but the current comics version of Wonder Woman doesn’t have a secret identity. Which, thematically, makes sense, for a short time WW got promoted to be the Goddess of Truth, the deception of a secret identity doesn’t seem right for her. So, depending on the choices Whedon makes writing this thing, it may not be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/65 "2006-02-19T13:57:00Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > Who was the chick that played the BIG scary looking dude’s parole officer? (The guy that was in love with Goldie?) > > _That_ girl. > > She’s definately got the look for it. [Carla Gugino](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001303/) Good call. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/66 "2006-02-19T16:19:30Z")
Carlao Gugino is a very good call. Rhona Mitra (who was the original Lara Croft model, long before they made two movies with Angelina Jolie) would work as well. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/67 "2006-02-19T16:42:43Z")
Speaking of Angelina Jolie- she wouldn’t be a bad choice either. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/68 "2006-02-19T16:51:46Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Speaking of Angelina Jolie- she wouldn’t be a bad choice either. Nor would she be a good one. And how do you hide her tattoos, whislt in costume, Young Padawan? A page (work-safe) displayimg her tattoos, in a modest fashion. [http://www.joliecommunity.com/aj\_info.php](http://www.joliecommunity.com/aj_info.php) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/69 "2006-02-19T16:56:15Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > When I saw _Out of Sight_, Lopez became my favorite new actress for a while. She totally owns a nearly flawless movie. Nailed it. Couldn’t agree with you more. As for Wonder Woman, the smart money’s on Mila Kunis. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/70 "2006-02-19T16:56:42Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Nor would she be a good one. And how do you hide her tattoos, whislt in costume, Young Padawan? CGI. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/71 "2006-02-19T16:57:39Z")
Angelina would be agood choice. I don’t know why I didn’t think of her. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/72 "2006-02-19T16:59:49Z")
Unfortnately, I don’t think the perfect actress for this role exists, because the perfect actress would be Morena Baccarin’s face melded onto Gina Torres’s physique, with a half-and-half combination of their personalities (at least their _Firefly_ personalities). You’d have the sheer beauty and gentleness of Baccarin with the physicality and strength of will of Torres. I don’t think this hypothetical woman exists except in my imagination. I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/73 "2006-02-19T17:35:58Z")
Anybody suggest China from wrestling fame yet? She certainly would be physically up to the roll, and I would have no problem picturing her as an amazon. [pics](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=china+wrestling&btnG=Google+Search) I have no idea if she can act, but how hard can it be to act in a superhero movie anyways. > [@Argent Towers](#): > > I admit I get very emotional over the subject of female warriors/basass characters and their portrayal in film and in video games - basically, I like women who actually look like hardasses and who aren’t too stereotypically “hot” (huge tits and toothpick body.) Exactly. There must be ten ass-kicking chick movies coming out this year, and they will flop one after another. WW needs something to make it stand out, and the image of a rugged, muscley woman (China) instead of some toothpick with a pretty face would certainly do that. She’s supposed to be an amazon, dammit. Course it will never happen, but if I was incharge of hollywood, they’d try something different for a change. ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/74 "2006-02-19T17:48:45Z")
> [@Malodorous](#): > > I have no idea if she can act, but how hard can it be to act in a superhero movie anyways. As a wrestling fan, I can answer this one: No. She’s a truly hideous actress, even by the limited standards of womens professional wrestling. Don’t even joke about something like that. ---
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> [@Argent Towers](#): > > Nobody would think of casting Jared Leto or Jake Gyllenhaal (pretty boys) for a role that would be better for Tom Jane or Russell Crowe. When it comes to male badasses, there’s a general understanding that the guy needs to look rugged if he is playing an action hero. That’s not exactly true. No-one ever thought of Keanu Reeves as an action star before he bulked up for _Speed_; and have you seen Hugh Jackman without his Wolverine hair? Pure pretty-boy. And of course, there’s Tobey Maguire as Spidey… ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/76 "2006-02-19T19:58:58Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > If we’re allowed to cast against traditional female type, then, to stick with Whedon alumnae, the choice becomes obvious: > > [Gina Torres](http://bestof.provocateuse.com/show/gina_torres/96) > > I mean, hell. The woman _is_ an Amazon. > > (Have you ever been with a warrior woman?) Gina Torres would be awesome! I also wanted to point out the Sara Michelle Geller is actually a brunette, she lightened her hair for Buffy. She can play physical roles and is already part of the Joss Whedon group. While I like SMG alot I would prefer someone else for this role. Gina Torres would rock. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/77 "2006-02-19T20:23:29Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I like Sandra Bullock in general, but she doesn’t sound quite right for the role. **Big Bad Voodoo Lou** ’s suggestion of Charisma Carpenter might be good one, but I’m not sure she can act well enough for a lead role. I like Sandra Bullock, and she has had experience doing a “superwoman” role–well before her movie career, she played a bionically enhanced woman in the TV Movie _Bionic Showdown_, also starring bionic icons Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner, reprising their roles from their earlier series. But I agree she doesn’t seem right for the part. I find her very attractive, but her looks are “quirky”. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/78 "2006-02-19T21:09:17Z")
Odd note–perhaps a female bodybuilder for the role? At least of few of them should be able to act, & muscles **are** required. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/79 "2006-02-19T21:22:37Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Odd note–perhaps a female bodybuilder for the role? At least of few of them should be able to act, & muscles **are** required. [Here you go!](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/nice1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/80 "2006-02-19T21:26:10Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Anna Faris](http://www.castlerock.it/dbimg/medium/gallery2294.jpg), anyone? The main problem these days is finding a young known actress who is not too scrawny. Almost all of the suggestons (ie. Evie Lilly, SMG, etc.) are toothpicks, and can’t carry off the “Amazonian” nature of WW. In retrospect, even Lynda Carter had noodle arms. That said, one presumes that a young scrawny actress might be able to bulk up for the role. If so, Ana Faris is one of the better suggestions. I’ve only seen her do comedy, but she’s clearly a gifted actress and I bet if she hit the weights a bit she could pull it off. She might be a little too WASPy though - I like the idea that our WW look something like the exotic island princess she’s supposed to be. Even with dyed hair, Ms. Faris looks about as white as they come. Maybe Emily Deschanel? Zoe’s a great actress but presents too much an air of innocence about her. Her older sister shows more edge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109.md?page=5)