Before "Wonder Woman," she struggled to land high-profile roles.
Gal Gadot is doing pretty well for herself these days. “Wonder Woman” is behind only “Beauty and the Beast” as the highest-grossing film of the year, and “Justice League” is on the way. Before getting that life-changing part, however, the actress struggled to land high-profile gigs — including, it turns out, Imperator Furiosa of “Max Max: Fury Road.”
Gadot reveals that she was up for the role that eventually went to Charlize Theron in a new Hollywood Reporter interview. The reason she missed out on it and similar parts? She didn’t have the name recognition. “I had so many ‘almosts’ for big, great things, but I was never big enough of a name,” she says. “It was always me and ‘the big name’.”
One suspects that won’t be an issue post–”Wonder Woman,” which Gadot wasn’t even aware she was auditioning for at the time; the entire process was hush-hush, but getting her “dream role” seems to have worked out pretty well for her. Read the full interview here.
satansgut on September 8th, 2017 at 01:51 UTC »
I hate these kinds of headlines. The creative process is messy and many, many things are considered for every element of the film and most are discarded.
At the end of the day "almost cast" is meaningless.
tokiedokie on September 7th, 2017 at 22:43 UTC »
If anyone from WW was to be cast as Furiosa my vote would go to Robin Wright. Thought Theron did a fantastic job though.
drunken_knight on September 7th, 2017 at 20:30 UTC »
I feel like Theron's age really helps sell her as an experienced, battle-worn lieutenant. Gal could be interesting in the role, but I don't know if she could sell the role as hard as Theron did, or with the same level of understated authenticity that comes from a very experienced actor.