The ink that’s been spilt hangwringing over the casting of Superman vs. Batman has largely whizzed past my head. Everyone who isn't collecting a check from Warner Bros. readily acknowledges the film is going to be a disaster. Be still my indifferent heart.
Finally, though, news regarding the flick has caught my attention. I'm referring to the casting of Wonder Woman. For the first time in this fool's errand, the studio has made the right call casting Fast and Furious star Gal Gadot as the matriarch of supersmokes.
(Coincidence or not: Gadot polled her Facebook fans in June on what superhero she should be as she posed with Dianna's lasso of truth, a full two months before Ben Affleck was cast as Bruce Wayne.)
I’ll let Mr. Bunch breakdown her nerdy bonafides. My expertise is in empowered women. Can't get more empowered than an Amazon.
Gadot served her two years in the IDF. She can throw a punch.
She can also take one.
Did Zack Synder know Gadot could pilot Wonder Woman's invisible jet without a stunt double?
Gadot's biggest talent, aside from kicking ass in leather pants, is her feminine charms.
And if Warner Bros wants to add yet another DC character, Gadot has a franchise-saver on speed dial.
