Who Should Gal Gadot Play In The New DCU?

[Reynard]

Someone who can act?

 

[trappedslider]

I've been reading that due to the Saudi's interest in buying Warner Bros. Discovery and the fact that they want the Synderverse to come back, Gal may stay as WW.

 

[Willie the Duck]

Looks like I need to do some Googling …

This thread comes up when you do a Google search for Gal Gadot.

Gal Gadoogling? Why does that sound so dirty? There are no dirty words or word-components in it? What is wrong with you, brain?

You don't have to look super strong to have supernatural strength. Buffy the Vampire Slayer wasn't buff either. Or Lynda Carter for that matter. Kimberly Kane fills out the costume nicely.

Give Adrianne Paliki a chance since her show never got picked up.

Note that the original topic was what to do with Gadot, not who should be Wonder Woman. Regardless, the point of Buffy was that she looked unassuming. Lynda Carter was from a different time (when we had Christopher Reeve as Superman instead of Cavill) where the focus on secret identities was stronger (mind you, I wouldn't mind this aspect coming back).

Anyways, I think Gadot is perfectly fine at acting when she's playing a normal person doing typical acting behaviors -- information dumps, exposition, portraying a real person in semi-realistic situations (she put in a perfectly decent performance on Death on the Nile). I wouldn't place my trust in her to do a heartfelt breakup or character grieving the death of their child or something like that (and she didn't convince me she was Wonder Woman that well), but anything else would be fine.

I could see her being a flashback character (she also looks good in period piece wear) like Barbara Gordon's mother. She might be able to do a Lois Lane role (investigative reporter amongst superhumans and/or not-helpless love interest), although we already have a new Lois Lane herself.

 

[Umbran]

Jason Momoa was cast as Aquaman because they wanted to try to make Aquaman "cool". It didn't work.

Momoa's natural delivery style is a far better fit for Lobo than it was for Aquaman, so that recast makes sense.

Wonder Woman, like Superman, is hard to get right, and with the tonal shift they are likely aiming for, finding a more flexible actress is probably in order.