# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/81 "2006-02-19T21:32:13Z")
> [@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. See above. ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/82 "2006-02-19T21:34:28Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > [Carla Gugino](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001303/) Good call. Oh yeah, even better. I revise my vote. ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/83 "2006-02-19T21:37:39Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [Here you go!](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/nice1.jpg) \< **Bosda** leaves Wet Trout at home, slaps **astro** with bowling ball \> ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/84 "2006-02-19T21:39:16Z")
Selma Blair? Naww, also too “quirky.” ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/85 "2006-02-19T21:45:32Z")
> [@vaderspal](#): > > Oh yeah, even better. I revise my vote. …but she turns 35 this year. She looks terrific but maybe a little old for the young princess Diana. Need someone who can pull off early-twenties - 25 tops - I think. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/86 "2006-02-19T21:53:58Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [Here you go!](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cpeek001/nice1.jpg) Bring me a bucket! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/87 "2006-02-19T22:30:55Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Anyway, since Joss Whedon is making the movie, I have thought of three actresses who would be appropriate choices for Wonder Woman, two of whom he has worked with before: > > Charisma Carpenter > Monica Bellucci > Morena Baccarin > > Ideally, they’ll go with a natural brunette, and someone vaguely exotic and ethnic-looking, since Wonder Woman’s origins are rooted in Greek mythology, and the Amazons of Themiscyra/Paradise Island are supposed to be Greek. Hence my picks above. Bah. I would go with Gina Torres. Wonder Woman should be tall, eh? And, hey, she’s brunetter than any of those girls. I’m really not kidding. There were more tales of ancient Amazons coming from Africa than from the Black Sea, so a Wondy of part-African descent is not that strange. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/88 "2006-02-19T23:48:08Z")
I vote for **Laura Prepon** , provided the movie is written in such a way that we (and the title character herself) aren’t supposed to take her too seriously. ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/89 "2006-02-19T23:48:42Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Bah. I would go with Gina Torres. Wonder Woman should be tall, eh? And, hey, she’s brunetter than any of those girls. > > I’m really not kidding. There were more tales of ancient Amazons coming from Africa than from the Black Sea, so a Wondy of part-African descent is not that strange. I have no problem with that in itself, but if they have any intention of following the comic book, it won’t work. And they’re making a movie of Wonder Woman, the DC Comics superheroine in the familiar costume, known and loved across the world, not generic kick-ass Amazon warrior. Let’s face it: all the GOOD comic book movies have mostly followed the comics, or at least cast actors who look like the characters: Spider-Man 1/2, X-Men 1/2, Batman Begins, Sin City, The Rocketeer, Hellboy, Road To Perdition, Ghost World, and for the most part, Superman 1/2. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/90 "2006-02-20T00:02:59Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Bah. I would go with Gina Torres. Wonder Woman should be tall, eh? And, hey, she’s brunetter than any of those girls. > > I’m really not kidding. There were more tales of ancient Amazons coming from Africa than from the Black Sea, so a Wondy of part-African descent is not that strange. There’s some Black Amazons in the comic, too. However, let’s face it, they pretty much have to cast someone who looks at least _something_ like [this](http://www.bigtimecomics.com/images/Trade%20Paper%20Backs/DC/Wonder%20Woman%20Down%20To%20Earth%20TP%20-%20Large.jpg). Not necessarily exactly, but if she wears a wig and you squint, a passable resemblance. Wonder Woman’s too well-known (in appearance at least) for Whedon et al to throw that away. It’s a tall order. We want someone who’s physically impressive, who could plausibly kick any man’s ass even without superpowers. But we also want someone who empitimizes feminine grace and classical beauty. And can act. Yeesh. I don’t envy Whedon on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/91 "2006-02-20T00:03:14Z")
Watch them do something stupid, like casting Jessica Simpson. Ponder that for a moment, if you will. ---
**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 20, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/92 "2006-02-20T00:04:20Z")
The good news is that Christopher Reeve was an unknown when cast to play Superman, and newcomer Brandon Routh was as well. Whedon will most definitely go with an unknown, and he’ll save himself a lot of grief by doing so. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/93 "2006-02-20T00:51:53Z")
[Angie Harmon](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004990/) > [@Robot Arm](#): > > “The lead role should be cast with someone who can convincingly play the secret identity…” > > So, who should be cast as Diana Prince? Well, [Angie Harmon](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004990/) would be pretty good. In think she could pull off the action side too. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/94 "2006-02-20T01:07:46Z")
Presuming the movie is based on the current version, not the Silver Age one, Wonder Woman doesn’t HAVE a secret identity. She is Princess Diana of Themyscira, until recently the Themysciran ambassador, all the time. And she works better that way, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/95 "2006-02-20T01:18:40Z")
> [@Evil One](#): > > Watch them do something stupid, like casting Jessica Simpson. Ponder that for a moment, if you will. _Ponders_ _Head aplodes_ ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/96 "2006-02-20T02:23:56Z")
It hurts to say. but Demi Moore did do a good job in GI Jane… I would still want to try Jennifer Connely in an audition first though. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/97 "2006-02-20T05:06:40Z")
If we can’t get Stacey Williams, how about a young Lynda Carter? ---
**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:** [February 20, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/98 "2006-02-20T05:11:31Z")
No votes for Catherine Zeta-Jones? I’ll nominate her. ---
**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 20, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/99 "2006-02-20T05:40:22Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Let’s face it: all the GOOD comic book movies have mostly followed the comics, or at least cast actors who look like the characters: Spider-Man 1/2, X-Men 1/2, Batman Begins, Sin City, The Rocketeer, Hellboy, Road To Perdition, Ghost World, and for the most part, Superman 1/2. You’re leaving out CONSTANTINE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109/100 "2006-02-20T12:07:40Z")
Well, if not Camryn Manheim, how about [Debi Mazar](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0290095/Ss/0290095/CN-29A-20AR.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Mazar,%20Debi)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wonder-woman-movie-coming-in-2007-who-should-be-cast-as-wonder-woman/345109.md?page=6)