5. A 007 Girl – Almost
One has lost count of the number of foreign actress/model who’ve made claims of the claim of being a nearly Bond girl. However, it is true that Gadot actually come really close to becoming a lover of 007.This happened when she was studying law at the university (man! she is everywhere). She got approached for a role in a James Bond movie. Upon landing for the audition she figures out that the role for which she was summoned was that of Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace. In the process of that audition, the casting agents decided that she’d be better for a role in Fast and Furious and the rest as they say is history.
The role discussed above eventually went to Olga Kurylenko. This was probably a good thing for Gadot for two reasons. The first is that being a Bond girl, undoubtedly, is sweet, many do all that they can to land it. But, it has its flipside also. If one is careless, that type of role can typecast someone. The casting agents’ decision meant that she did not have to go through all of that. The second is that joining Fast & Furious catapulted her career in a completely different way which can be said to culminate with her landing the big pie that is Wonder Woman.
6. Beats Olga Kurylenko for the Role of Wonder Woman
As discussed above, Gadot has a history of competing for roles with Olga Kurylenko. It is as if the script for poetic justice was written way back then. It is also a bit ironical that back then Gal would lose out her first big role to the same woman she would later beat out for her (perhaps) biggest role ever. Aside from the two, the third actor in the fray for the role was Elodie Yung.
So, what made DC producers zero down to these three? They were all foreign actors who bore a vague resemblance to Lynda Carter. This was a clear indicator that Wonder Woman’s foreign origin has been taken into account in the planned movies and her origin will definitely come into play. The producers were clear about the kind of profile that they wanted. For instance, both Gadot and Kurylenko have modelling experience (Carter was Miss USA in 1972).Yung had no such credential but she had had nine years of training in karate. We are already aware of Gadot’s two years stint in the Army. In a nutshell, what they were looking for was a foreign beauty who can kick asses – a profile which fits the comic book origin of Wonder Woman.
RSS