“I wanna be Wonder Woman,” she told Sirius XM in 2014. (Fan: Facebook)Īfter getting a taste of DC Comics action in 2005’s Batman Begins, Holmes also stated her case. It’s unclear if she was ever approached for the role, but the Percy Jackson star threw her hat in the ring in 2013 when she said she “would love to” play the Amazonian warrior. The one-time Bond girl ( Quantum of Solace) was one of three actresses who reportedly screen-tested for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice along with eventual role-winner Gal Gadot and… (Fan art: MasterDeaDmAn/Deviant Art)Īccording to Variety, BvS’s casting description for Diana Prince was “tall, brunette, athletic and exotic.” The Cambodian-French Yung, who currently plays Elektra on Netflix’s Daredevil (and is seen here in Gods of Egypt), clearly fit the bill. Miller later cast Gale as The Valkyrie in Fury Road. That role eventually went to the lesser-known Australian actress Gale, however, judging from stunning test photos (like the one shown here) released of her in costume in 2015. Biel was said to be "in talks” to play his main superheroine. (Fan art: methosivanhoe/)Īlso in the running for Whedon’s ill-fated franchise starter was the red-headed Mad Men alum, who said of the possibility of playing Wonder Woman: “I would do it in a heartbeat." (Fan art: )īefore he finally managed to get Mad Max: Fury Road off the ground, George Miller was set to direct Justice League of America in 2007. (Photo: MTV)ĭuring the early stages of development on Whedon’s Wonder project, media pundits positioned the casting of the movie’s title role as a battle between Buffy stars Gellar and Carpenter. But her donning of Diana’s famous get-up at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards (see above) was the closest she’d get. (Fan art: Giatrus-74/Deviant Art)Įventual Marvel maestro Joss Whedon was signed to write and direct a Wonder Woman film in 2005, and his Buffy muse Sarah Michelle Gellar was said to be his top choice for the role. Bullock also received the endorsement of original TV Wonder Woman Lynda Carter. Wonder Women projects have been swirling around Hollywood since the mid-‘90s, when producer Joel Silver wooed the Blind Side Oscar winner for the role. Here’s a look at those would-be Wonder Women (with the help of some fan-made art). Before the Israeli actress lassoed the role though, there was a lengthy list of other lovely ladies in the mix to finally bring Wonder Woman to the big screen ( Friday Night Lights’ Adrianne Palicki got the closest, playing the Amazonian in a failed 2011 TV pilot). Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist and associate professor at Harvard Business School, did a really popular TED talk in 2012 on “high power posing.Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman is one of the brightest spots in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a dark superhero spectacle critics and audiences are otherwise split on. Way before 2017’s Wonder Woman started its rise to becoming a cultural touchstone, there was already the Wonder Woman pose. A Princeton University study found that participants had a much easier time interpreting the major emotions of people in photographs based on their body language than their facial expressions. Science can also explain why Diana’s physical demeanor matters so much in the first place. In fact, a different study conducted by the University of Warwick found that women who were made to feel confident in their abilities actually performed better than other women on tasks that are statistically more often accomplished by men. According to the journal Frontiers in Psychology: The authors note boys are encouraged from a young age to pursue challenge - including the risk of failure-while girls tend to pursue perfection, judging themselves and being judged by more restrictive standards reinforced by media and society at large.Ĭonfidence plays a large factor in female performance, in part because women grow up in a society that doubts their abilities. Statistics have shown how women tend to underplay their abilities - especially in the hard sciences - even when there is no evidence to support that they’re fundamentally less capable.Ī study by Florida State University that followed students starting in tenth grade over six years found that boys rated their ability 27 percent higher than girls did.
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