“Then three months later I won the part in Fast and Furious 4 and doing those films gave me the chance to show what I could do. I'm sure the work I did in those movies helped me get the role of Wonder Woman because Zack (Snyder) knew that I could play a tough and physically aggressive woman.”
She didn't know she was auditioning for “Wonder Woman.” “I knew I was auditioning for this secret project,” she said. “I got scenes from 'Pulp Fiction' for the auditions.” Director Zack Snyder eventually called to reveal the film right before the actress was set to fly to Los Angeles to do the camera test.
Wonder Woman's origin story (from Golden to Bronze Age) relates that she was sculpted from clay by her mother Queen Hippolyta and was given a life as an Amazon, along with superhuman powers as gifts by the Greek gods.
Let's start with the obvious: Gal Gadot is both beloved and wonderful in the role of Wonder Woman. Despite the typical type of online snobbery and misogyny that rears with most castings of female comic book characters, Gadot silenced doubters with a performance that was ethereal in the 2017 film directed by Jenkins.
She was not born from a lump of clay (go figure!), but rather the result of an affair between Hippolyta and Zeus. In other words, she's not merely a gifted Amazon, she's a full-fledged demigod. And rather than “channeling” the gifts of Zeus through her bracelets, etc., Diana is the source of her own power.
William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941. Marston was in a polyamorous relationship with his wife Elizabeth, a psychologist and inventor in her own right, and Olive Byrne, a former student who became an academic.
In the new telling, Wonder Woman's powers don't come from goddesses or other Amazons, but rather from Zeus and Ares. Her mother, the woman who loves her most in life and the epitome of Amazon glory, is refashioned as a betrayer and deceiver.
Evangeline Lilly recalled turning down the lead in Joss Whedon's never-produced Wonder Woman script. During her appearance on Thursday's episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Golden Globe nominee, 43, told host Josh Horowitz, "I had no desire [to do it]," adding: "And he could tell."
What was the controversy about Wonder Woman casting?
Detractors were quick to point out Gadot's thin frame, seeing it as a poor fit for an Amazon warrior. Too bad actors rarely dedicate themselves to intensive workout programs when they sign up to play superheroes, right? Yeah, that almost never happens.
And while much of the buzz has been centered on its star, Israeli actor Gal Gadot, few are aware that the original Wonder Woman is believed to be modeled on BU alum Elizabeth Holloway Marston (LAW 1918), who graduated nearly a century ago.
While Wonder Woman's superhuman strength was granted by Greek gods, Gal Gadot's impressive physical accomplishments are encouraged by renowned Swedish trainer Magnus Lygdback.
Did Gal Gadot have to gain weight for Wonder Woman?
She hovers between 15 and 18% of body fat in "Wonder Woman" and in "Justice League." Gal was a model before she became a Hollywood superstar. As a model, she weighed about 100 pounds. The 34-year-old actress gained about 10 pounds of muscle to look like the DC Comics superhero.
Wonder Woman's latest romance in the comics is with a brand-new character for the Dark Knights of Steel series, Zala-El. Despite that Wonder Woman has had potential love-interests with other women in the past, their romance and kiss has become a big deal, arriving at a great time for LGBTQ+ representation in DC.
The character was created by William Moulton Marston and first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (October 21, 1941). Steve Trevor is a trusted friend, love interest, and partner of Wonder Woman who introduced her to "Man's World", and has served as her United Nations liaison.
Commenting on the findings, Dr De Silva said: “Diana, Meghan and Kate are all very beautiful women. “But when measured against the Greeks' Golden Ratio of physical perfection, Princess Diana comes out on top.
Though Diana had saved Themyscira, with the help of the other League members, she had broken the sacred law that forbade anyone from bringing men to the island. Because of her actions, Hippolyta was forced to banish Diana from Themyscira.
In The New 52 reboot, Wonder Woman's origin is revised, with her now being the biological daughter of Zeus. Zeus and Hippolyta engaged in combat, and their fight ended with the couple having sex, and thus Diana was conceived.
I'm too coward to do a tattoo.” She leaves tattoos to her husband, 42-year-old multimillionaire real-estate developer Jaron Varsano. “But,” she says coyly, “I cannot tell you what they are.” The two met at a desert retreat where Gadot, then 20, had gone to heal multiple breaks of the heart.
