She was actually pretty awesome in the Fast & Furious movie, though I think she's a bit too slender for the Diana role.
Jaime Alexander and Lynn Collins would have been my top choices for the role.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 04, 2013 10:19:20 am PST #25937 of 30000
"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
Polter-Cow - Dec 04, 2013 10:30:37 am PST #25938 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
She was actually pretty awesome in the Fast & Furious movie, though I think she's a bit too slender for the Diana role.
I agree, but she'll bulk up. As many have pointed out, pretty much every superhero casting has been "Really?" followed by "OKAY I SEE NOW" by the time the movie actually comes out.
The clip on io9 is not the one I would have chosen; plenty of better short scenes from the movie to show how badass she is.
Tom Scola - Dec 04, 2013 10:32:36 am PST #25939 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
As many have pointed out, pretty much every superhero casting has been "Really?" followed by "OKAY I SEE NOW" by the time the movie actually comes out.
Affleck has not yet failed to disappoint me in this regard.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2013 10:36:08 am PST #25940 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Pete made the comment that the snippet shown from F+F didn't give any indication that the actress could act; I pointed out that with Zach Snyder directing, it didn't matter. He conceded the point.
On point.
Dana - Dec 04, 2013 10:51:47 am PST #25941 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have a hard time envisioning a woman bulking up for a role unless she's playing a fat girl or a serial killer. Sadly.
Strix - Dec 04, 2013 11:24:53 am PST #25942 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Linda Hamilton for Terminator, Demi Moore for GI Jane.
Granted, that's naught compare to the bulked up menz.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2013 11:25:36 am PST #25943 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Linda Hamilton for T2. T1, she had not muscled up yet.
Dana - Dec 04, 2013 11:35:38 am PST #25944 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Linda Hamilton took steroids, which is hopefully not an option any more. (Okay, I thought that was confirmed, but I can't find anything online to back me up, so take it with a grain of salt.)
Jesse - Dec 04, 2013 12:22:36 pm PST #25945 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sure body builders in Hollywood still use steroids.
amych - Dec 04, 2013 2:52:31 pm PST #25946 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm rewatching Velvet Goldmine for the first time in a really, reallllly long time, and it just struck me that when it came out, I never would've imagined in my most feverish fangirl dreams that the opening montage would one day read as Batman falling instantly in love with Henry VIII. And how ridiculously perfect that kind of is.