Gadot channelled Diana’s compassion for Wonder Woman portrayal
‘I remember watching the documentary about Princess Diana, and there was a part where they say that she was full of compassion and she always cared for the people’
Princess Diana and Diana Prince have more in common, as it turns out, than a flip-flopped name. The late British royal’s compassion helped Gal Gadot give life to Wonder Woman in recent superhero flicks, the actress revealed recently.
“I remember watching the documentary about Princess Diana,” she told Vanity Fair for a pre-oscars event the mag hosted. “And there was a part where they say that she was full of compassion and she always cared for the people. And that was like, Ding-ding-ding-ding. That should be the Wonder Woman that we have.”
Sure, she can lasso bad guys, deflect bullets and glide through the air, but Wonder Woman also had to have something deeper, the star said.
“How can you connect to a goddess that’s super strong and has it all and (is) super perfect?” Gadot said, according to People. “I wanted to show her vulnerabilities and heart. I wanted to portray a character that people will be inspired by but also be able to relate to.”
Diana, Princess of Wales, was married to Prince Charles from 1981 to 1986 and died in a 1997 car crash in Paris. She was known for her activism, as well as her style.
Gadot portrayed Wonder Woman in 2016’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” She then made “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League,” both out in 2017, followed by “Wonder Woman 1984” last year.
At age 18, Gadot won the 2004 Miss Israel beauty pageant, and subsequently competed for Israel in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant that took place that year in Ecuador.
She has led international campaigns as a model for Miss Sixty, Huawei smartphones, Captain Morgan rum, Gucci fragrances and Vine Vera skincare ranges, and Jaguar Cars. In 2015, she became the face of Gucci’s Bamboo perfume brand. She has been featured as the covergirl on Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Bride Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, UMM, Cleo, Fashion, Lucire, FHM.
Gadot has been the main model for fashion brand Castro in 2008–16. In 2013, her combined annual modelling and acting salary was estimated at NIS 2.4 million. In 2017, Gadot was placed at number one on FHM’S 100 Sexiest Women list. Ater Gadot had completed her first year of college, a casting director contacted her agent to have Gadot audition for the part of Camille Montes in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.
Although she lost the part to Olga Kurylenko, a few months later, Gadot starred in the 2008 drama “Bubot.” Three months later, the casting director from her Quantum of Solace audition chose Gadot over six other actresses for the role of Gisele Yashar in the action film “Fast & Furious,” the fourth film in the Fast & Furious franchise. Gadot performed her own stuntwork in those films.