Maori model picked for Wonder Woman

[kiwidiva]

It has been announced that Maori/Australian supermodel Megan Gale has been cast in the role of Wonder Woman for the upcoming Justice League movie.

She certainly looks the part!

Full story at: http://www.spasifikmag.com/latestupd...an08megangale/

[shaveice]

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holy mackerel! where have i been??? she's hot!

[kiwidiva]

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Hahaha... I hadn't even heard of her until this... she's done 2 movies before - 1 in Italy all in Italian (she's a supermodel there!) and I guess she was in Stealth but I don't remember her from that! It turns out she beat Jessica Biel for the role of Wonder Woman - Biel was in Stealth as well.

Megan Gale is from Australia and has a very HARSH Aussie accent (to me) so hopefully she can put on a good (convincing) American accent when she plays Diana Prince.

[kiwidiva]

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There's plenty of Aussie actors in Hollywood that can give her lessons on getting the accent right - Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Miranda Richardson, Naomi Watts, Isla Fisher, Rachel Griffiths, Eric Bana, Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Russell Crowe, Julian MacMahon etc. etc.

[lavagal]

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holy mackerel! where have i been??? she's hot!

shaveice melts and gets all gooey!

[shaveice]

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shaveice melts and gets all gooey!

ha! ha! you got me, i gatta admit!

i think i posted my personal preference somewhere in these threads but for me, there's nothing like a woman who looks athletic and doesn't wear much make up or any make up; the total pinnacle of female beauty/hotness for me is a female surfer! shesh! i need a cold shower! ha! ha!

[scrivener]

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Can we expect a protest from the Amazons sometime soon over the casting of a Maori actress in an Amazonian part?

[Random]

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Megan Gale is from Australia and has a very HARSH Aussie accent (to me) so hopefully she can put on a good (convincing) American accent when she plays Diana Prince.

Umm, don't want to scare you all of my geek-fu knowledge of comic books, but she also has to learn Greek if she is to portray an Amazonian princess.

I guess she could pull of as a Greek Amazon.

[Random]

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Can we expect a protest from the Amazons sometime soon over the casting of a Maori actress in an Amazonian part?

Nah, just the Greek acting commmunity.

[Pomai]

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Can we expect a protest from the Amazons sometime soon over the casting of a Maori actress in an Amazonian part?

This must be in reference to the "controversy" over Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson playing the lead role in King Kamehameha: Battle for Paradise.

Megan sure looks the part, and gorgeous at that. Lynda Carter will be proud.

[Nords]

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the total pinnacle of female beauty/hotness for me is a female surfer!

..........

[scrivener]

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This must be in reference to the "controversy" over Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson playing the lead role in King Kamehameha: Battle for Paradise.

Not specifically that. Whenever a role of a specific under-represented ethnicity goes to someone who's not of that ethnicity, there's some furor. Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li in Memoirs of a Geisha, to offer another example.

[sinjin]

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There's plenty of Aussie actors in Hollywood that can give her lessons on getting the accent right - Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Toni Collette, Miranda Richardson, Naomi Watts, Isla Fisher, Rachel Griffiths, Eric Bana, Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Russell Crowe, Julian MacMahon etc. etc.

Maybe not Russell. I thought his "accent" nearly ruined "310 to Yuma"" for me. Luckily the whole thing stunk so it matters little.

[shaveice]

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thanks for the pic, nords. here's my reply!

http://images.q121.com/Storage/55000...fer%20girl.jpg

http://www.prosurfingwallpapers.com/...uck%20Dive.jpg

http://boardfling.com/wp-content/ima...nderwater1.png

dang! time for another cold shower!

[Random]

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Not specifically that. Whenever a role of a specific under-represented ethnicity goes to someone who's not of that ethnicity, there's some furor. Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li in Memoirs of a Geisha, to offer another example.

Don't forget, the controversial casting of Jennifer Lopez (a Puerto Rican) to the title role of a Tejano music star, Selena.

Also in the more recent time, a Korean actor Byung-hun Lee have been casted as Snake-Eye's rival, Storm Shadow, for the upcoming(?) GI JOE film.