pressing question of the day

[anotheranon]

Given all the serious news, I thought I'd try and introduce some levity:

Who should Whedon cast as Wonder Woman?

I'm thinking his casting person needs to start combing the Olympic athletes for a woman who can act. I'm thinking Gabrielle Reese in a black wig - tall, muscular, buxom.

Thoughts?

Comments

[timcharmorbien.livejournal.com]

Better to find an actress and turn her *into* an olympic athlete. :) I don't really have anyone in mind, though - - with Joss Whedon she'll either be an unknown or someone he's worked with before.

I just wonder if they're going to be exploring any aspect of Wonder Woman's status as a bondage icon - -

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Ack - no need for this one to be private!

Problem is it seems every actress on tv is tiny and/or skinny. Even though Sarah Michelle Gellar kicked ass as Buffy, she's only, what, 5'2"? Too small for Wonder Woman.

I heard some speculation (http://www.sliceofscifi.com/archives/slice_of_sci-fi_serenity_unbleeped_special_report.html) that the actress who played Inara was a possibilty, but same problem - not buff. Hence my opinion that he needs to look among the ranks of women who eat :P

Would be VERY curious to see about the bondage icon status, depending on the actress...

[seamstrix.livejournal.com]

I know she won't be chosen for a variety of reasons, but if they could find a Lucy Lawless clone down NZ way, she'd have the perfect look.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Build a time machine, go back and grab the statuesque, 5'11" Julie Newmar in her heyday. Heck, grab Julie Newmar now, 'cause she looks better at age 73 than most much younger actresses (on that first page she's 62 in the second photo in the top row, and 67 in the third photo ... looks as if she maintained her dancer's muscles quite well).

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, yeah!

Or if she has any daughters/nieces or something..

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

I know there's no daughters; she only has one son. Maybe there's a tall granddaughter or two out there ...

[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

There actually have been rumours that it will be Morena Baccarin.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I know - see the link a few comments upthread; the hosts of the podcast talk about the Inara = Wonder Woman rumor.

I'm not sure she's the best for the job - maybe it's just that I've not seen MB in anything except Firefly/Serenity, but I'm not convinced she's athletic enough to be convincing.

[zen4me.livejournal.com]

whoever he choses needs to look good in thigh-high red hooker boots, not everyone can pull that look off...heh (ok, so they were really only knee high..thigh high sounds better though)

off the top of my head, I can't think of any current actresses that could really pull off WW. Linda Hamilton circa T2 would be a great WW, just dye hair and she's ready to kick ass. jeezes I love watching her do pull-ups in the psycho ward.

no matter what though, it will probably be smarter to go with an actress that can buff up a bit, than someone who's buff but never acted.

Gina Torres

[dustdaughter.livejournal.com]

I've heard the Morena Baccarin rumor too. If anyone from the Firefly cast should be considered for Wonder Woman, it should be Gina Torres. She's athletic and lovely. She would do Wonder Woman justice.