Gal Gadot is baffled by the complaints about Wonder Woman being a U.N. Ambassador.
“There are so many horrible things that are going on in the world, and this is what you’re protesting, seriously?” Gadot asked rhetorically during a recent interview with Time magazine.
The actress was reacting to pressure on the United Nations not to use Wonder Woman as an ambassador for girls and women. A petition said the “character’s current iteration is that of a large-breasted, white woman of impossible proportions, scantily clad in a shimmery, thigh-baring body suit with an American flag motif and knee high boots — the epitome of a ‘pin-up’ girl.”
“When people argue that Wonder Woman should ‘cover up,’ I don’t quite get it,” Gadot said. “They say, ‘If she’s smart and strong, she can’t also be sexy.’ That’s not fair. Why can’t she be all of the above?”
She also thinks the concept of feminism is shrouded in misunderstanding.
“I think people take it the wrong way when I say I’m a feminist,” she said. “Feminism is not about burning bras and hating men. It’s about gender equality. Whoever is not a feminist is a chauvinist.”
“We need to educate boys, show boys strong women in powerful positions,” Gadot concluded. “It’s all about expanding the possibilities of what women can be. I know I couldn’t do this without my husband.”
“Wonder Woman,” the next film in Warner Bros.’ DC Universe, is scheduled for a June 2, 2017 release and stars Gadot as a woman who leaves an all-woman island to fight in World War I.
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"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" May 5, 2017 Set two months after the first film, the Guardians of the Galaxy travel throughout the cosmos and struggle to keep their newfound family together, while helping Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage.
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"Wonder Woman" June 2, 2017 In the early 20th Century, the Amazon princess Diana (Gal Gadot), who is living on the island of Themyscira, meets American military pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) when he is washed ashore. After learning about the ongoing events of a world war from him, she leaves her home to try to help end it.
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"Spider-Man: Homecoming" July 7, 2017 Following the events of "Captain America: Civil War," Peter Parker (Tom Holland) tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York, with fighting crime as his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" Nov. 3, 2017 Thor (Chris Hemsworth) must confront the gods when Asgard is threatened with Ragnarok, the Norse apocalypse.
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"Justice League" Nov. 17, 2017 Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), the Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) unite to battle the evil Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds).
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