Wonder Women Actress: From Lynda Carter to Gal Gadot, Meet All 30

Introduced as Wonder Woman in 2016s Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Gal Gadot returned as Diana in 2017s Wonder Woman (prior to reprising the role in the same years Justice League). The film, set during World War I, is an origin story. When military pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes on the female-only inhabited

Gal Gadot

Introduced as Wonder Woman in 2016’s Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Gal Gadot returned as Diana in 2017’s Wonder Woman (prior to reprising the role in the same year’s Justice League). The film, set during World War I, is an origin story. When military pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes on the female-only inhabited island of Themyscira, he’s nursed back to health and reveals much about the world — especially the war — which inspires Diana to put an end to that war as Wonder Woman. But first she’s going to have to stop the warrior god Ares (David Thewlis), who is manipulating humanity down a path of destruction.

“I didn’t get to choose her, but boy was I relieved once I realized who she was,” laughs director Patty Jenkins of Gal. “That is like a make it or break it thing, who plays these characters. Just look at Gal Gadot when she smiles or when she meets somebody and shakes their hand. That is the embodiment of Wonder Woman. She is so beautiful and powerful, but kind and generous and thoughtful. She’s just an amazing person.”

Comments Gal, “I remember the first time we sat together, and we were talking about life, and then we were talking about our families and everything was so similar. The way we see the world, Patty and I, is very similar, and to be able to work with someone whom you can get along with, you agree creatively about almost everything, and even when we had our conflicts, it was always fair. It made me think and it made her think. We both evolved from it. You know what I mean? And the result that we got was the best that we could get.”

While Patty acknowledges that the arrival of the first big screen superheroine is significant, it’s not something that impacted on her through production.

“I’m not looking at her as being any different than any other superhero,” she says. “And that’s the victory. I think the reason that there wasn’t a woman superhero made for a long time is because people were assuming that it had to be a different kind of thing. This is Wonder Woman. There’s nothing different. There’s Batman, there’s Superman, there’s Wonder Woman. She’s the full-blown real deal. So it’s very significant, but I also just went forth trying to make a great superhero film the same way I would have with any of them, which was great.”

Gal feels the beautiful thing about Wonder Woman is that she represents so many different things as a person. She’s someone who can be vulnerable and sensitive, and the greatest warrior that’s ever existed.

“When you first meet Diana on the island, she’s about five or six, and she is this curious little girl who’s very courageous, who’s very sassy and naughty,” Gadot says. “And she’s very inspired by her aunt. She wants to learn how to fight, but she’s been very sheltered and protected by her mother, who does not allow her to do so. But Diana finds her way; she has this spark in her. She has this fire in her eyes, and eventually she gets her way.

“I think that everything Wonder Woman stands for is brilliant,” she closes. “She stands for justice, and peace, and wisdom, and love, and acceptance, and compassion. And all of these things are becoming rare in our world.”

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLjOrJyrr5WauK3FjZympmegpMC1v46wpqeclad6uLvMnqVmmZOpv6a%2F0mZob2tjZoRw

 Share!