Wonder Woman Casting Continues...

[Hand of Evil]

"Range?" Around here, we call those "boobs".

Well, yes but she moved out of her good girl image in that one, plus the script had a little more to it than what she was doing before.

 

[Mark CMG]

At the moment, I dunno. If you're going to do a beginning story,

(. . .)

If it's not a beginning story and you need an older version,

(. . .)

I was getting the impression it was going to be both a coming of age movie and a career starting movie, requiring someone who could play both (a range of late teens through mid to late twenties). I guess they could use more then one person, ala Conan, but I am thinking they could find one person with range for the part.


IMO, Priyanka Chopra has the same strikes against her that Morena Baccarin has, in that she is likely not tall enough and appears too thin. I guess I am expecting someone to play the role who appears strong enough to handle themself well in combat, not someone who is only strong by virtue of the magic.


The key might be in the shoulders, getting someone with more of a swimmer's physique.

 

[Hand of Evil]

The key might be in the shoulders, getting someone with more of a swimmer's physique.

Hate this to sound bad - I agree but Wonder Woman is about cleavage, the filling out of the outfit.

(Seeing Gong Li in the Curse of the Golden Flower ads....)

 

[Mark CMG]

Hate this to sound bad - I agree but Wonder Woman is about cleavage, the filling out of the outfit.

None of the parameters I've stipulated as being my understanding of what is needed for Wonder Woman negate the possibility of her having cleavage.

I think we need someone as tall as Nicole Kidman (or taller) for the roles. Rebecca Romijn has the height but might seem too old for a ranged role.

 

[Hand of Evil]

None of the parameters I've stipulated as being my understanding of what is needed for Wonder Woman negate the possibility of her having cleavage.

I think we need someone as tall as Nicole Kidman (or taller) for the roles. Rebecca Romijn has the height but might seem too old for a ranged role.

Nicole is 5'10" the right height and I agree about Rebecca but is there any others!

Tara Conner is only 5'5" so she is out.

 

[Mark CMG]

It may be they will need to go with an unknown if they want to fit those parameters. If they can find a (possibly former) model (a good place to find someone tall) who is also athletic and capable of acting and passing for late teens and mid twenties, they will have it. Who is on the beach volleyball circuit these days?

 

[Ranger REG]

I was getting the impression it was going to be both a coming of age movie and a career starting movie, requiring someone who could play both (a range of late teens through mid to late twenties). I guess they could use more then one person, ala Conan, but I am thinking they could find one person with range for the part.

So, they're going to rip off from Superman Returns? In that film, the only lead actor we cared about is the older version, played by Brandon Routh (sp?).

Pick a young actress (like in Spider-Man), one who could portray late teen and early adult.

 

[Mark CMG]

So, they're going to rip off from Superman Returns?

I didn't see that film but that seems a very strange reaction, IMO. I hope you are not suggesting that no other film, particularly no other superhero film, is allowed to do a coming of age storyline in that manner because that one particular film did so? (I take it you didn't care for that one?) We'd certainly have to severely restrict options for storylines if any movie that tried and failed with one took that storyline out of the available options box.


BTW, Has Katherine Heigl been considered for the role?

 

[Ranger REG]

I didn't see that film but that seems a very strange reaction, IMO. I hope you are not suggesting that no other film, particularly no other superhero film, is allowed to do a coming of age storyline in that manner because that one particular film did so? (I take it you didn't care for that one?) We'd certainly have to severely restrict options for storylines if any movie that tried and failed with one took that storyline out of the available options box.

Without trying to spoil you, the beginning of the film start with Superman returning to Earth after searching for his home planet Krypton. In a way, it takes place after Donner's Superman films (complete with Brando as Jor-El). A few scenes later, we find him back in his old familiar costume hovering over Earth and then had a flashback scene of his childhood, most of which is shown on trailers (Bryan Singer had to cut down the flashback scene so much).

So, is Wonder Woman going to be that kind of film, where it starts in the middle and flashed back to her life on Amazon Island and her coming of age? Or shall we start from the beginning, as in Spider-Man? I mean how do you tell the tale of Wonder Woman to the mainstream without looking like them cheesy girlie flick (e.g., Legally Blonde, Clueless, Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen, etc.)?

 

[John Crichton]

So, is Wonder Woman going to be that kind of film, where it starts in the middle and flashed back to her life on Amazon Island and her coming of age? Or shall we start from the beginning, as in Spider-Man? I mean how do you tell the tale of Wonder Woman to the mainstream without looking like them cheesy girlie flick (e.g., Legally Blonde, Clueless, Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen, etc.)?

If it were anyone else besides Joss writing/directing this one I would sweat these questions. However, he has proven that he can write characters/story and has directed an entertaining feature. And we know he can write strong female characters.

The movies you described have only one thing in common: They will both have female leads. I don't think there is any reason to believe that it will be a "cheesy girlie flick." It also goes without saying that there is enough in there to give a WW backstory pretty quickly. And it will be up to Joss how he handles Diana in the Man's World and what that exactly means if he decides to go far down that road at all.