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I mean this with no disrespect Gambitx, but I’d hate to see what the people in your country view as a strong woman is…if they even have a version (Wait a sec…Brazil has brought two super gorgeous yet muscular women in Juliana Malacarne and Larissa Reis so that comment confuses me even more). But I digress.
Well, in Brazil there was Tiazinha in ’99…like WW, she was created basically around bondage fetishes. And unlike WW, her creators were 100% honest about it and sold the character as such.
For kids, yeah. 😛
Gal Gadot is 1.78 m tall, which is about 5’10”. The only two other actresses that I can think of who are of the same height as her would be Nicole Kidman (1.8 m) and Cameron Diaz (1.78 m). So for an actress, she is tall- which is a physical attribute of Wonder Woman- so thumbs up to this film for that.
But what the creators of this film got wrong is- they got the wrong character to bulk up IMO.
I think that The Dark Knight Returns series, was one of the best comic book series for Batman. Frank Miller might be a great writer, but he seems to have little idea about human anatomy. His version Bruce Wayne, who was in his 60s was about like 7’5″ in height and as ripped as the incredible Hulk, his Batman was massive! This pretty much makes him a borderline superhero.
Sadly, Zack Snyder has gone for Frank Miller’s version of ultra muscular Batman asking Ben Affleck to put on more muscle. This makes me wonder, how in the world can Batman be stealthy (Batman’s biggest strength) with this much bulk? He would be very hard to miss. I would have wanted an Arkhamverse Batman.
I think they should have gotten Gal Gadot to put on more muscle, instead of Ben Affleck (who was already enough buff to play a decent Batman).
We don’t need to get an FBB or an athlete to play Wonder Woman, in fact I hope we don’t. While I very much appreciate the talents of FBBs and athletes, but acting isn’t very easy either, and Gal Gadot is a good actress. What could have been done is- to ask Gal Gadot to put on some more muscle. She said she had to put on like 17 pounds of muscle to play Wonder Woman, but IMO she needed to put on more muscle, way more.
Here is a picture of Hilary Swank from Million Dollar Baby:
And Jessica Beil from Blade series:
Which shows actresses in the past have bulked up for certain roles.
And I think it would have been perfect if Gal Gadot was asked to put on even more muscle than the ones above. I am sure for a big movie like this they could have found new talented tall actresses, who would have been willing bulk up for such a major role with almost guaranteed sequels.
While Jesse Eisenberg is a great actor, but I don’t like him being cast as Lex Luthor. He has been made too goofy, which doesn’t really go with Lex’s serious personality. I would have picked Matt Damon or Jason Clarke to play Lex Luthor.
As a long time DC fan (specially Batman) I am not trying to think about the negative stuff. I am watching this movie at it’s very first screening. I am going in there with an open mind, although this movie might fail badly. Which would be a shame, given how good the first two trailers were, and the hype that they created.
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