The Chicago Tribune on Wonder Woman.
Whoever plays the lead role (and "Firefly's" Morena Baccarin is also apparently a contender), though, should have the body of a real woman. If you're old enough to remember the original series starring Lynda Carter, you'll recall that as the evil-foiling Wonder Woman, Carter was curvaceous, powerful, voluptuous. It's all too rare these days to see a lead actress in the movies or on TV who is neither a stick figure or the "fat friend" (Kirstie Alley excepted, of course).
It would be too bad if Wonder Woman was played by a woman who had the body of a 12-year-old boy, which is the kind of body type that Hollywood seems to favor these days (the variation, of course, being women with the bodies of 12-year-old boys and the bosoms of Pamela Anderson).
They asked for casting suggestions from the readers; I liked the way this one was worded:
Gina Torres (the Tribune's Daywatch columnist says "her demeanor is perfect, and she has experience playing a goddess. Also: Good hair")
Kudos to the Tribune for stating outright that modern actresses look like skinny boys wearing balloons.
No reason why Gina couldn't do it. Nothing in canon says that WW isn't african-american. and we've seen amazons of color befrore.
She would make an excellent big damn hero IMO.
GT has that warrior presence. I don't see it in MB. But then again, I've only seen her in the one role.
I would love Gina in that role. Morena? Not so much.
Gina would be awsome. I reserve judgement on Morena. She might have it in her, I just don't know. A name I haven't seen floated around (but intrigues me) is Reiko Aylesworth. Though she be but little, she is fierce.
Gina would have all the intangibles down cold, but I can see the problem of hiring her to play an iconic caucasian figure from a visual medium. Morena would have the exact look they need, but all is uncertain except the look.
Clearly, the solution involves a brain transplant.
Do I remember CC being thrown around as a Wonder Woman possibility at one point?
I don't see caucasian as a requirement. Female, yes. Caucasian, no.
