"Batman vs. Superman" actress Gal Gadot talks about her upcoming role in one of her first interviews since being cast as DC's Wonder Woman.
In an interview with Israeli show "Good Evening with Gai Pines", translation by Batman-News, Gadot speaks candidly about the commitment she's made, including the criticism she faces from fans who believe she is too "thin" for the role.
How Gadot feel's about not fitting into Wonder Woman's "body type":
"I represent the Wonder Woman of the new world. Breasts... anyone can buy for 9,000 shekels and everything is fine. By the way, Wonder Woman is amazonian, and historically accurate amazonian women actually had only one breast. So, if I'd really go "by the book"...it'd be problematic."
How Gadot plans on preparing her body for the movie:
"It's the physical preparations that I'm starting now. A very serious training regimen - Kung Fu, kickboxing, swords, jujutsu, Brazilian...1,000 and 1 things...I'll gain body mass."
Gadot on how she found out she landed the superhero role:
"I was just on my way to shooting at LA. I landed at NY in a connection flight when my agent, Hadass Lichtenstein, called me. She says to me "Wonder Woman!" and I'm like 'What??' - 'The role is yours!...and it's a secret and the news are not yet announced and you can't tell anyone...'. I'm saying to her 'Are you serious??'- and we both scream!
"Now it's a plane from Israel to NY and I can't make loud noise, and so I lean on a window, bending down to my legs, and just try to understand. Long story short - I was totally alone in NY, I got to a hotel at 12 pm, I needed to wake up in the morning for shootings. I remember laying in the darkness by myself, staring at the ceiling, and I was telling myself 'It's not real!'...it shouldn't be like that, I'm supposed to be like... 'where's the champagne?'."
