I think the rumor-makers must be smoking crack if they think SMG is the first name that Joss would look into for that role. Aside from her being wee and blonde and completely against type, he was also making jokes about her crankiness a year after Buffy stopped shooting.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2004 6:39:37 am PST #481 of 3486
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Anne W. - Dec 28, 2004 6:44:47 am PST #482 of 3486
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Also, if we're going to go with an ME alumna for WW, I still say they should go with Gina Torres. She's one of the very, very few actresses who would be 100% believable in the role.
le nubian - Dec 28, 2004 7:36:34 am PST #483 of 3486
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm right there with you with GT in the role, but will they pick a woman of color for Wonder Woman? Seems unlikely to me...
Matt, I think that rumor was published in EW or some other reputable publication. I thought that was odd myself. Someone must have heard wrong, I figured.
DebetEsse - Dec 28, 2004 8:49:42 am PST #484 of 3486
Woe to the fucking wicked.
If Catwoman hadn't sucked, I think people would have had no problem with Halle Berry in the part. Although she may be in that "Black but it doesn't really count" category for the movie-going public.
GT would be nifty, IMO
victor infante - Dec 28, 2004 8:51:47 am PST #485 of 3486
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
GT has all the right connections for the part, too--Whedon, Silverman--and a LOT of people have been talking her up for it. Fingers crossed.
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2004 8:54:11 am PST #486 of 3486
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If Catwoman hadn't sucked, I think people would have had no problem with Halle Berry in the part
I have a historical beef, but she wasn't good as Jinx or Storm either, so I'm not even sure why they went for her as Catwoman. Maybe they've noticed a pattern by now.
Jessica - Dec 28, 2004 8:57:22 am PST #487 of 3486
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I was about to say -- I have an objection to Halle Berry as Wonder Woman, but it's got nothing to do with race. I just think she really sucks as an actress.
victor infante - Dec 28, 2004 9:03:22 am PST #488 of 3486
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
My objection to Berry as Wonder Woman comes down to one salient fact--I don't care if Wonder Woman is white or black, but she SHOULDN'T be a skinny little rail. She needs to be solid and statuesque. Berry's too small, and SMG is out of the question.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 28, 2004 11:35:51 am PST #489 of 3486
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
But if the latter is flexible enough, she has the right coloring to play Wonder Woman's magic lasso.
Did anyone publicly object to Berry as Catwomen due to her race? I'd have thought Eartha Kitt would have settled any question of that decades ago—I still think of her rather than Newmar, Meriweather, or even Pfeiffer in the role.
le nubian - Dec 28, 2004 11:44:07 am PST #490 of 3486
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't think Berry had any objections, but I've never seen a Black Wonder Woman before.