[ SECRET POST #3831 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3831 ⌋

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08. [SPOILERS for OITNB SEASON 5]



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09. [SPOILERS for Wonder Woman]



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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm just really uncomfortable with some of the stuff that edges into body-shaming. Some women just don't bulk up very much. My mom lifts weights, and she can lift a fair amount, mostly free weights, and looking at her arms you would really not think that she lifts.
Gal Gadot trained for the part. Some actors end up doing really unhealthy stuff to look right, like Hugh Jackman who really wanted to be done with having to look right for Wolvering (and even he looks way more jacked in later films than he did in the first one). I'm glad she wasn't pushed to doing potentially unhealthy things for the role.

[(Anonymous)]

This.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think that people who complain about her not looking the part mean that they wanted her to become a bodybuilder for the role. I think they mean that they would have preferred an actress who was naturally more muscular-looking.

Let's not pretend that the reason was she was cast instead of a muscular-looking woman was because the filmmakers were trying to be inclusive towards women who don't bulk up when they work out.

[virtual_lips]

This.

They were clearly afraid they'd stray into "too masculine to epitomize feminine beauty" and just went with "play it safe by using the same body type we always do".

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it is body shaming her to say they could have made a different casting choice that might have worked better. She's great. Her body is amazing. She still doesn't look like an Amazon. That isn't a comment on her, it is a comment on the standards of beauty in Hollywood and the fact that they very rarely cast someone who isn't a skinny woman in a main role. And it is a comment on those involved in the casting process. It says nothing at all about her.

[(Anonymous)]

they could have made a different casting choice that might have worked better

Like who? Everything I've said she was amazing in the part and really became Wonder Woman in a way they didn't expect. Who exactly do you think would have done a better job?

[(Anonymous)]

SA

^^ That should "read", not "said"

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT, but this comment thread is pretty clearly about look alone, not her acting ability or how well she performed in the role. It's not attacking her performance to say that she isn't built like an Amazon.

[(Anonymous)]

The anon I was replying to said "they could have made a different casting choice that might have worked better". They didn't say "looked better." "Worked better" would include the acting component, not just the looks.

[(Anonymous)]

That's a reach and I think you know it.

[(Anonymous)]

No, I don't. I took the anon's comment that I was responding to as saying someone else could both have played the part better than Gal and looked more fitting for the role. I disagree.

[(Anonymous)]

da- well you were told now, so you know it.

[(Anonymous)]

I was that anon. Personally, I loved the movie and I think she ended up doing a great job. What I meant was, that at the time, given that all they had was her audition, they could have made a different choice and gone with someone who looked the part. Hindsight is great and all. But that doesn't change the fact that casting a skinny model as an amazon shows the priorities of Hollywood and of the people at WB.

[virtual_lips]

You're very clearly ignoring the contextual clues from the rest of the statement, and general conversation, in favor of your strawman.

[virtual_lips]

+1000

[(Anonymous)]

Haven't seen the movie, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to label some of those comments as anything near body-shaming; it's just an aspect of casting. Different body types suit different roles is all.