Morena as Wonder Woman, wouldn't it be great =)
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I couldn't see Gina as Wonder Woman at first because she just didn't "look the part" but the more I think about it, it's like a match made in heaven. I mean, shes got the body for it and most importantly her face carries that serene Godess quality. And sure, her actings not on par with Meryl Streep but it's not like that's required for the part. And it would be so releasing to have a Wonder Woman who's not fixed on being a carbon copy of the comic and instead utilizing the strenghts in the "mythos" of the character in creating a great superhero-feminist-adventure type thingy :P - and if that attitude could go through the rest of the production, the movie might actually become something to stand on it's own. Still, hoping for Gina to be cast as WW is an act of futility, neither the studio or the fanboys would accept a black or "ethnic" Wonder Woman. And of course, there's the age factor - origin story and all of that.
But Morena, there might be a tiny little chance there. And firefly and Serenity has obviously not been exposition enough, since she still is an unknown, more or less.
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Uh...perhaps you didn't read any of the outcry against Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, but it even made it to these boards. I'm not even a fan of the Fantastic 4 comics and I agreed she didn't look the part enough. These characters are comic book icons. You're not gonna get a 300 pound, hispanic superman to go over well. However, if we are throwing out the looking the part department I'd rather have Nathan Fillion play Wonder Woman. That guy's just plain awesome at anything he does.
something went wrong with the quoting, don't know what really (new to the forum). Anyways, it's a quote from Zeeks last post.
The difference is Superman/aka Farmboy Kent was raised in the midwest by white farmers. Wonder Woman on the other hand is supposedly a daugther of an amazon-godess on a meditereanean island, so her being lilly-white isn't really a defining character trait. And I'm not saying greeks look like african-americans but since when has Hollywood been picky about the authentic look of ethnic characters (like a greek godess). Vanessa Williams played Calypso in The Odyssea and that didn't feel like a stretch.
But let's not be unreasonable. If I was a big WW fan, I'd want her to look as much like I've always imagined and seen her, so there's nothing wrong about that. But personally I don't see why comics-book movies have to be sequel-spawning unoriginal copies of the books that they often are.
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Heh, same discussion, nthread.
I'm that WW fan you're all looking for...I love her. Fans have been tossing around names for years and not all of them have been 'lilly white'. And it's not so much that Sue Storm was a blonde, it was that craptastic actess Jessica Alba was cast as her.
I like both Morena and Gina for it. I'd prefer Gina of the two.
Here is what I need in a WW actress.
1) Presence, call that tall if you want, but she must BE an Amazon…not just an Amazon but more than a mere human.
2) Exotic look. Dark hair, almond eyes, maybe olive skin...there are some incredible Italian actresses.
3) Young. She has to be young enough to at least give the illusion of sequels.
4) She must be me...jk.
I've heard some toss around Monica Belucci, eh, maybe. Oh! How about Aishwarya Rai? I don't know if she'd do a movie with so much skin, but she's beautiful and an established actress. If we're going by looks alone, Roseyn Sanchez (sp?) would be nice as Circe. Manuela Acuri is a gorgeous Italian actress. Or maybe Vana Barba.
You can vote for me as WW: http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=9174 
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