Now that we have Wonder Woman so topical for the launch of the final trailer for her next film, the perfect environment is recreated for us to review that we have already done with other superheroes such as Batman or Spider-Man: the one who keeps an eye on all the faces that have brought this Wonder Woman to life on screen. Get comfortable and take a look. You may be surprised.
Wonder Woman, the great heroine of DC
In Marvel things may be somewhat more distributed (or diffuse) but in DC Comics there is a heroine par excellence and there is no possible discussion. We refer, of course, to Wonder Woman. Created during World War II by William Moulton Marston and drawn by HG Peter, Wonder Woman first appeared in issue # 8 of the All Star Comics comic series in December 1941.
It is about an Amazon princess known in her land as Diana de Temiscira , but outside her town she uses the name Diana Prince. Her superpowers are based on superhuman strength and great combat ability, inherited from the gods and from her harsh training to become a warrior. Among its characteristic elements that always accompany it we have the presence of a leather (the Lasso of Truth), bracelets that are indestructible and a tiara that can also be used as a weapon. As a curiosity, Wonder Woman is one of the few heroines that does not have a male counterpart.
Actresses who have played Wonder Woman
Many are surprised when they know all the actresses who have come to give life to the character of DC and is that, between the fact that some projects were not successful and that we have been with the fantastic Gal Galot in mind for a long time, you can not imagine how many women have dressed in the uniform of the Amazon. Let’s review them.
Ellie wood walker
The first Wonder Woman, no more, no less. Taking advantage of the pull that Batman (1966) was having, producer William Dozier decided to make a short film in the hope that Warner Brothers would like it and would be encouraged to produce a pilot episode of a series about Wonder Woman. The proposal, which was filmed in a humorous tone, was called Wonder Woman: Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince? ( Wonder Woman: Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince? ) And it did not come together at all, although it served to make Ellie go down to posterity as the first Wonder Woman in the history of TV and cinema (and that her appearance lasts only 4 minutes ).
Be careful that there is a graphic document of the short and it has no waste:
Cathy Lee Crosby
The second attempt at having a Wonder Woman on screen came from the hand of Cathy Lee Crosby, who continued to sport her blonde hair when filming the pilot for a TV series based on the superheroine. Between this aesthetic detail and the fact that the approach was far removed from the character of the comics, the proposal, called Wonder Woman to dry, did not come to fruition either and the story did not go beyond the year of its premiere, 1974.
Notice how “different” he was, that his version would later be used by DC Comics itself, as an alternate Wonder Woman from Earth in the limited series “Infinite Crisis” (“Infinite Crisis”). The actress also participated as an adversary of Lynda Carter (which we will talk about below) in the TV series that would finally see the light a year after her failed attempt.
Lynda carter
And we arrive at what for many will always be the Wonder Woman par excellence (at least for those who enjoyed her in previous generations, of course). With Carter at last the planets aligned: there was a solid TV project and she hit the mark perfectly. So much so that today she is the most remembered face of Wonder Woman, with a 60-episode television series that ran from 1975 to 1979.
Four intense years in which she played this DC superhero, giving her the image that, at that time , the producer needed for the character. Perhaps the many comics that Lynda herself read in her childhood and adolescence about Wonder Woman served, as the actress has recognized on occasion.
Megan gale
The curse of Wonder Woman again claimed another “victim” many years after Lynda Carter and with her sights set on the cinema. Megan Gale was going to be in charge of bringing Princess Diana to life on this occasion in Justice League: Mortal . It was a Warner commission from George Miller (director of Mad Max ) in which DJ Cotrona was going to play Superman, Armie Hammer as Batman and, as we noted, Gale was in charge of playing Wonder Woman.
The project was canceled, but the casting images did see the light – superior capture via slashfilm – and with that we could see how the suit (and the character) would be Megan. Many do not even consider it as part of the superheroine’s cinematic history, but since there are such official photos, we have not wanted to stop including it here.
Adrianne palicki
Before Gal Gadot showed us that she was the actress we had been waiting for decades for this role, we had one more try that again did not come to fruition. Producer David E. Kelley ( Ally McBeal ) put together a TV series project starring the character and cast Adrianne Palicki in the role.
They made a pilot, they presented it to NBC (which was going to be in charge of broadcasting the series) … and the approach was so disliked that it was discarded and immediately canceled . Fulminant. Neither Palicki dressed as Wonder Woman convinced nor the plot liked a directive that smelled failure from afar. Some time later some images of the pilot were leaked, in which we can see the actress in action.
Gal Gadot
Salvation made woman. Gal Gadot has not only shown that the character was not dead and just needed a good approach; It has also revealed that she was the actress we had needed for a long time to play her on the big screen. To this day and with the permission of the nostalgia that Lynda Carter produces, Gadot is considered the best Wonder Woman we have had to date.
Their weapons (pun intended)? An attractive image, of a strong and powerful woman who moves away from that fragility that other actresses had always emanated in the past. Gadot is above all an Amazon, as the comic dictates and as the fans like, who has also left behind that sexualized touch of previous versions to give way to a heroine in which other virtues prevail.
The actress first appeared as Diana Prince in the DC Extended Universe with the film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). After that would come her first solo film, Wonder Woman, and then the controversial Justice League , both in 2017. Now we wait for her in Wonder Woman 1984 (which has been delayed by the pandemic, but that should see the light, if the plans Don’t Get Twisted, Oct. 2) and in the famous Justice League Synder Cut. We have Gadot for a while.