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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 5469670" data-attributes="member: 59506">Lynda Carter (during Wonder Woman filming): 5' 9" - 37-25-35 Adrianne Palicki: 5' 11" - 34-25-34 Not that much difference, except in height, which is probably why she seems skinnier compared to Lynda Carter.  And maybe not quite Lynda's stature, but not insignificant... <img src="http://static.tvfanatic.com/images/gallery/adrianne-palicki-on-supernatural.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />  Exactly.  This girl has presence on screen.  A presence that has much to do with her, as it has to do with how she looks.  She very convincingly projects both strong and vulnerable, confident and feminine.  And unlike Lynda Carter, she can Move.  Lynda Carter always moved and ran...well, like a girl.  Adrianne moves like an athlete.  She's worked with John Woo, so is no stranger to serious fight scenes.  And at 5' 11", has a presence that Lynda Carter was just never capable of.  Her height, in combination with her beauty, is probably why she was cast oppositie Jared Padalecki.  A statuesque 5' 11" bombshell was a necessity next to 6' 4" Jared so that she wouldn't just disappear.  Not only is she significantly taller than most women, she's as tall or taller than most men in TV.  Put her in Wonder Womans boots on top of that, and even in Hollywood there are very few leading men that will still be taller than her... Also, the show is being written by David E. Kelley.  His shows have a tradition of very strong female characters...though still just as realistic and flawed as the rest of the world.  And he has the ability to inject some very clever and intelligent humour without resorting to camp. In the 1970's, Lynda Carter worked well as Wonder Woman.  And don't get me wrong, she definitely fueled quite a few of my own adolescent fantasies...but for today's audiences, audiences that expect more - more realism, more athleticism, more drama...just MORE - I think Adrianne is a perfect fit.  I think were finally going to get away from the 70's Wonder Woman, just as Batman Returns finally got us away from the 70's Batman (something that even Keaton's, Kilmner's, and Clooney's Batmans never did).  We are finally going to see the real Amazonian Princess.  The one that can not only carry her own in a fight next to other super heroes, but can also deal with Superman sized threats on her own. I think it was a brilliant casting move, and I think it bodes very well for the show being successful...and GOOD. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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