I’m totally outing myself as an old-school Law & Order loonie, but doesn’t Gal Gadot look like Annie Parisse – also known as L&O’s ADA Alex Borgia – in several of these photos? I like Gal, I think she’s pretty, but she can look wildly different with just subtle styling changes. It’s interesting. Anyway, Gal covers the new issue of Canada’s Fashion Magazine. I think she’s on the cover solely to promote her role as Wonder Woman in Batman v. Superman, which doesn’t even come out until next year. Maybe she’s on the cover to promote her appearance at Comic-Con, which will happen in a few days. Anyway, here are some highlights:
Questions about an eating disorder: “After they asked me here, in Israel, if I have eating disorders and why I am so skinny—that my head was too big and my body was like a broomstick—I can take anything. It’s just empty talk.”
Her favorite workouts: TRX is her favorite “because everything’s working your whole body… I do cardio, but I don’t like it as much. I’d rather do weights.”
Diet: “I try to eat healthy. But sometimes though, I eat cheeseburgers. That’s good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.”
Being all things to all people: “Nowadays being a women is hard, because we have to be the best wife, best mother, best worker, best everything. But I truly believe we are more empowered… we’re also stronger, sophisticated and can achieve what we want. That’s what I would like my daughter to know.”
Wonder Woman: “She is the ultimate symbol of strength. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d grow up to be in a movie playing someone who influenced as many women as she has.”
On her approach to acting: “I always think about how I would behave if I were in their shoes.”
On her time serving in the military: “The army wasn’t that difficult for me. The military gave me good training for Hollywood.”
[From E! News & Fashion Magazine]
I always forget that Gal is Israeli and Israel has compulsory military service for all of its citizens, male and female. I watched a fascinating documentary on PBS’s Independent Lens about women in the IDF – some of them are pretty hardcore about it and some of them are like “Ugh, I have to do this?!” All Israeli citizens are reservists too, which isn’t the worst idea. Also, Gal’s “approach to acting” answer was… um, kind of basic. “My method of acting is acting like the character would act!” I judge her for that answer.
As for Gal and those Ben Affleck rumors… some of you think that Gal might be the costar that Affleck allegedly romanced. Some think it was Olga Kurylenko. I don’t know. I don’t really get a vibe from Gal like that, but I could be wrong.
Photos courtesy of FASHION Magazine.
People who do not want anything to do with the military should not be forced into doing so. That’s should be a human basic right.
What happens if there aren’ t enough soldiers to mantain an army because they all choose to not join?
No war?
I often wonder about this, but this is something to the government to figure out. I strongly agree with Caitlin, military stuff give me the creeps.
@Hope: Sure! One nation is without soldiers, the other countries of the planet will do nothing except shaking hands, hugging and singing Kumbaya!
@Naddie: that is just dumb, I’ m sorry! First, you’ re talking like it’ s none of your business, but if it was your country to be in that situation? Will you just shrug your shoulders and go “meh, it doesn’ t affect my life directly”? Second, what if the government figures out that the only way to resolve a “not enough willing soldiers” situation is to have mandatory militare service for everyone?
The reason why you are living in a country where you have the luxury to not bother with these things is because there are people who do in your place and for you!
So people with undisclosed mental health issues or serious anger issues should be allowed “fight for our country” or you know kill innocent civilians because they are having a bad day. It takes a certain kind of mindset to be in the military and on the front line even those with that mindset can come back with post-traumatic stress disorder. If you want to do that that is great more power to you but if you don’t want to? That’s fine too. People should have the freedom of choice. It’s 2015 for Christ Sakes.
@Caitlin – wow, you are so wrong , it’s almost impressive.
first of all, the very, very little sub-group of the military actually goes into battle. In any military, US, Israeli, whatever – there is a huge admin machine that supports the soldiers. People who make the maps, people who make the radios, people who fold the parachutes…even HR – how do you get the soldiers payed, otherwise? dentists, psychologists, drivers, cooks, for f**ks sake. All these people need to come from somewhere, and if it is a small country like Israel, these jobs are covered by mandatory draft. You don’t want to go into battle? or found not mentally stable to do so? (which, they always screened for!) YOU DON’T HAVE TO. but you can still serve your country in other ways. I believe that in Israel, if you are religious and what not, you have an option to do community service for few years instead.
People have to pass a medical test to do the military service. I guess you probably think soldiers are just warmongering idiots who only think about firing guns and brainwash simpleton to turn them into disposable meat, but unless a person is faking to be sane (and convincingly), the ones with mental issues are not allowed to join, because they know that giving a gun to a psycopath could be bad!
Second: military service doesn’ t make you a first line fighter! You can do the military service and never touch a gun again in your entire life! Just because you have spent one year being trained, it doesn’ t mean that you automatically go kill the enemies of the state!
There is a regular fighting army for that (which is a very small percentage of the entire army), and lots of people who joined the military and reservists mostly cover supporting non-combatant roles: they only fight in case there are major losses in the regular army and the country is directly attacked and invaded, in which case your perfect little life of evolved person who lives in 2015, for Christ’ s sake, is pretty damn screwed anyway, and your only choices are to run (if you have a place to go), surrender or fight.
In a situation like that, if you choose to fight, knowing how to defend your country and, believe it or not, yourself and your family because you got some training could be quite useful!
But of course if you are one of those who proudly say “I could never hurt anyone!”, even if that anyone is beating to death someone you love because violence is bad, mmmkay, I guess you really can’ t understand it.
And if your country goes to war you don’t get pulled up from map making to join the front line if there aren’t enough soldiers like you pointed out? I’m British not American. I have huge admiration for people in the miltary I have friends in the miltary. To try and say I have no respect for those people is utterly disgusting. Just because I have a different opinion to you does not mean I disregard what the miltary does. Also some mental illnesses can’t be screened.
If your country goes to war and you make maps, you will keep doing maps. Do you think the entire US army went to Iraq? No, most of them stayed in the US and kept doing their jobs! If most of your army gets slaughtered and there aren’ t enough soldiers to fight in the front line, as I said, it means that your country will be soon attacked or is already under attack, and in that situation you will be forced to fight even if you are not in the military, unless you can run away or surrender! The difference will be that if you did the service, you will know something more about survival, military discipline and fighting.
Mental illnesses that can’ t be screened, can’ t be screened even if the conscription is not mandatory! If someone who is ill tries to join and passes, s/he passes whether s/he was forced or not. And again, there is a good chance they won’ t fight in first line anyway! Plus, if someone dangerous wants to kill, s/he doesn’ t need to join the army, s/he will find a way to hurt people, no matter what s/he does for a living!
And if I implied that you have no respect for soldiers is because you give that vibe. What if people have mental illnesses? Well, who knows, no one in the army is smart enough to understand that maybe some selection is needed. We live in 2015, we shouldn’ t need to lower ourselves to a soldier’ s level and expect people to do something in case of emergency!
If you think that is respect and admiration, then I apologize!
@caitlin – no, you do not get pulled from the map making duties. you need maps more than ever, at time of war. you also do not pull the cooks, or the drivers. all of these and much more, are very much needed.
at the time of catastrophic, full blown, invasion to your country – the reserves are called, which is made of people who had the combat training few years ago. it sounds strange, i know. but the logic is that an older guy/girl who maybe not is as fit, is STILL better than guys in the active duty but who never seen action or know how to work under fire or operate any of the guns etc. to be a combat soldier is a very, very narrow skills set that is not taken lightly in any army in the world, and you should not either. anyway – point is – about 80% of your military needs to be utterly destroyed to have the map guys and the dentists called into action.
it’s one thing to disagree with me, feel free, really! but you just don’t really know much about a thing you have a strong opinion of. and that is a shame. i’m just a girl on the internet, you don’t have to trust me, but just try listening to one of your friends in the military – maybe you will learn something new.
Well, there are many reasons why I chose not to bother with that, and why I wouldn’t join the military. Besides, I assure you that no one is doing anything in my place in my country. I understand when you talk about a war, but I just chose to have a job that works with more immediate, internal problems that has no use in the military field. But you know what? This thread made me open up my view about military service.
@KOKO your right I don’t know much about the miltary. But I’m still allowed an opinion on something that you would like to affect me. I don’t think forcing everyone to join the miltary would be good for moral do you? A bunch of people who don’t want to be there could cause a lot of negative feelings for the people that have chosen to be there and have worked especially hard to get there.
@CAITLIN – there are actually a ton of studies about the positive effect on the society on the whole that has a mandatory draft. the rate of sexual violence in and out of the military is significantly lower, the wage gap is smaller, for example. think about it – after you serve together, kick major booty together, would you let a dude to pay you less? will you, as a dude, try to pay a woman who you know can kick your ass, less? it happens, but way, way less. i just happen to write my thesis about it, i literally have all of these open on my desktop 🙂 i’m avoiding writing now, with celebitchy :))
i’m not trying to change your mind here, don’t get me wrong. just to provide a different perspective. believe what you want, i am not trying to drag you into the army by force. just, you know. there are much, much more issues here beyond “war=bad”. and also, like i said, people who do not want to serve – do not. period. army does not draft people who are danger. even in the countries with mandatory draft, if you go in faking a mental illness, they don’t buy it, but they don’t take you in either. if it’s important enough to you to go in and fake mwntal illness, they don’t want anything with you. that, that is important to know.
and finally, like i said – there are plenty of ways giving back if you have strong enough conscious disagreement with the army that you are not willing even to work as a driver and stuff. like i said, in Israel some people who don’t want to do anything with he army can still take a year or two and go help in schools that are understaffed. or nursing homes. or they can work in the civilian fire brigades, all sort of stuff.
military is not for everyone. i personally, 7 years out of it, and still am incredibly thankful i went through it. that kind of confidence you can’t build anywhere else. but i do understand it’s not for everyone. but point is – it doesn’t have to! you don’t have to be in combat, you don’t have to be in uniform even! people can contribute in myriad of little ways.
JWQ
Those mental health tests are not fullproof. I’m remembering a specific case. He made no secret he loved violence and killing. Just cats and squirrels pre military/HS.
That he was allowed in is a great example of you can have all the safety measures in place and it means nothing.
Another I know is a Navy Seal. He’s made comments to how lower entry did not probe very deep past a physical. As he progressed in his military career they did run him through extensive psych testing.
Not saying this is the norm at all. Just that it happens and a lot more than you think. More when recruitment drops.
I have great respect for those who serve and at vet games i’ve always made it a point to volunteer for med support. As a whole they’re amazing, but what some are saying shouldn’t be dismissed because it happens.
No one is dismissing this, and no one said those tests are bulletproof. Nothing is, and sure as hell, psychiatry isn’ t.
I was just explaining that if you have a mental illness or you are obviously “off” and the doctor realizes it, you are not allowed to join and you are not given a gun so that you can go on a killing spree like Caitlin suggested.
There is a selection, which is not perfect, but again, psychiatry is not an exact science, if a person fakes his/her mental stability and is dangerous, s/he’ s dangerous no matter what they do, soldiers, dog-sitters, stay-at-home parents or gardeners.
Plus, in the army you are periodically visited by a psychiatrist, so there is a bigger chance to find your mental illness than, say, in a hospital, where doctors are not required to go under this kind of evaluation.
And it’ s obvious that the number of these people is smaller when recruitment drops: if there are more people joining, odds are more people might be not suited. But this is like saying that when you went to school there was just one child molester among the teachers, while now there are 3 because there are 20 teachers more than when you went to school! What are we going to do? Ban teaching because teachers could be child molesters?
s’funny you should mention mental health screening JWQ because my high school stalker failed the psyche section of screening to join the army in my country so he went to the US and became a sergeant in the marines instead. Just shows the tests aren’t foolproof.
the chasids in Israel get a religious exemption to avoid military service (they’re too busy studying Talmud & Torah, and harassing women who dare to pray at the wall . . .)
You don’t get a choice of what you want to do in the military in Israel. Quite a few of Israeli soldiers refuse to serve in the occupied territories, but will do border patrol but they end up going to militaryprison for refusing your position.
I hear you. I’ve heard talk about mandatory conscription in the US, but it wouldn’t necessarily mean only military service but other types of service as well. I’d support that.
I am 100% for the US having mandatory conscription with the option to do military or civilian service. There’s so much work that needs to be done here.
I don’t want mandatory military service in the US. If you don’t want to be there then I don’t want you in my Navy.
SEB. Right, which is why I said I support conscription only if military service isn’t the only option. As Bess, said, there’s plenty of work to be done.
and also – there are plenty of jobs in the military besides combat. in fact, most jobs in the military don’t involve combat. Jesus, for a country with such a big military, lot’s of people in this thread don’t know much about it!
Conscription — a draft — might have reduced recent US military incursions by prompting the people who could otherwise avoid the draft to protest and otherwise put pressure on the government to reduce reckless, wasteful military conflict. See: Vietnam. It may be a benefit in some ways to have a professional, all-volunteer military, but on the other hand, it’s not necessarily drawing only the best. It also draws many young adults who have few other options.
Israel is in a unique situation geographically.
Israel is in a unique situation historically, as well. If, in a within-memory major war, our civilians were rounded up and exterminated en masse, we might also want all our civilians to have the knowledge and training to fight back.
But not all civilians participate. Hasidic Jews don’t. Settlers who cause havoc in the occupied territories don’t.
I have a lot of friends who did the Israeli service and let me say it messed them up. I have one good friend who is Druze, refused to do the service and ended up going to prison for a year. I think refusing military service should be an option, considering that Israel is also an ethnic state. It’s not fair for religious Jews to be automatically exempt but Druze kids are forced to fight for a Jewish state?
@JWQ – you have quite the knack of saying basically what i just did, but, you know, much better 🙂
Civilians. yeeesh.
yeah, I write the comment and yours isn’ t there, then I post it, and yours appears with what I just said (in better English)… oh, well! ^__^
No… because then you end up with an army staffed by the country’s poor – the ones who need the college, income and other benefits they couldn’t get elsewhere. Wealthier people don’t *have* to join the military to get these things for themselves or their children. Poorer people might. Mandatory service levels this disparity.
I like Sweden’s approach. I believe everyone has to serve but you get to choose military or volunteering to work at the prisons. That’s a great way to get everyone involved to help their country.
She looks like J-Lo in that one photo. She doesn’t in real life, but just the angle of that bottom photo with her in the navy blue blouse and vest she does.
She’s beautiful I’ll give her that. But I’m still not sure if she’s the right fit for Wonder Woman. Time will tell.
I still have my fingers crossed, though. I would be so, so happy if she just knocked it out of the park; no idea if she can, I just want her to.
She looks like Morena Baccarin!
omg yes!!!
I am getting Keira Knightly vibes from the cover photo. I hope she does Wonder Woman justice.
I hope they all do. After seeing the trailer, I cannot wait for this movie. I just hope Ben, Henry, and Gal all do it justice.
Same here, especially with the open mouth and somewhat glazed over look.
Yeah, at first I was sure it was Keira.
This. She looks kinda generic to me… looks like someone else in almost every picture.
I got Kiera too
She’s beautiful, but somehow I can’t see her in this part. Eh.
Agree. To me it’s also the fact that I’ve watched her “acting” in several hebrew speaking roles and she was very bad. Hope she’ll do a good wonder woman.
I think she’s beautiful and I don’t believe for a second that she’d go near Ben Affleck even if she was single. It’s terrible that every female associated with him is being accused of cheating on their partners by sleeping with him.
I said this on another thread. Its disturbing to me that women on here treat every actress he’s worked with as if they are just there for the taking and ready, willing, and able.
Couldn’t agree more with this statement.
She’s not too thin as a person, but she’s too thin for Wonder Woman. And if the promo pictures are anything to go by, she didn’t exactly bulk up.
But maybe her portrayal will be so authentic we won’t care.
And giiiiirrrrl, stay away from the Batfleck. You can do better.
Actually she’s very skinny in real life. Her husband used to have an inn near my wotk place and I used to see her a lot. Even after she put on weight. Very bony…
I don’t know what it is but I just feel very cold about this woman. I’m grossed out that a literal supermodel is playing Wonder Woman. We have so few roles available for “different” looking bodies and this was one of them. It’s just very sad to me. As for her acting? Hard to say but I agree she’s been terrible in everything I’ve seen her in. I also feel like she tries way too hard to talk about being a “strong” woman with zero nuance at all. It always reads like baby’s first feminism. And the generic “I eat cheeseburgers” comment made me roll my eyes. She might be a perfectly nice person but she just seems like a model who has spent her whole life having people worship her for her looks to me.
She said “sometimes” she eats cheeseburgers. I’m sure it’s not even, like, once a week.
When I read that cheeseburgers comment I thought to myself,
“Oh really, you eat a cheeseburger ‘sometimes’…would that be three or four times a year?”
If she’s active and watches her diet fairly often it’s not out of the realm of possibility for her to enjoy a cheeseburger more than a few times a year. Hell I’ve lost 20 pounds in the past few months the and I’ve still been eating pizza On a fairly regular basis. Granted definitely not once a week but I try and fit it into my calories the days I want it. It works out. But we have different jobs. She needs to watch what she’s eating consists both because of filming so I guess it’s a little more stressful and not as likely she’s enjoying a cheeseburger that often.
Yes to everything you wrote.
Weird how we’re all seeing something different. She reminds me of Natalie Portman in that cover shot.
And her answer about acting made me laugh. At least she isn’t pretentious about it.
Dear god I totally thought she was Keira Knightley.
Stop with Anti-Military campaign. It’s ridiculous. Go study Human History. Go study the History of each country. C’mon.
In Brazil people who are anti-Military usually are criminals.
Now going back to the real issue of the post. Gal is not a good actress and she doesn’t have the body people have in their minds for Wonder Woman.
Despite the cutesy screen name, I am a retired, US Air Force First Sergeant and I strongly oppose mandatory military service.
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Why do you oppose mandatory military service? I would to hear about it from the perspective of esomeone who has served. (I usually only have these discussions with civilians). Its okay if you’ve rather not discuss it.
My husband who is active says the worst part of his day is dealing with people who are waiting to discharge. They don’t want to be there, they are a nightmare to take on exercise and they are sloppy. Why on earth would you want a whole army stuffed with those people? In combat no less? I wouldn’t want them being the line of protection between the enemy and someone I love.
I don’t think a celebrity gossip ‘site is the right agenda for this discussion but since it’s been over a day, I’ll state the following:
Ange’s husband is correct but there is a lot more to it.
Every problem troop costs you more time and effort than three or more who want to be there and want to do well and are working hard and volunteering and it’s not fair to the good ones who want a mentor and a guide and want to learn and eventually teach. There are only 24 hours in a day.
It’s not just the First Sergeant whose time is wasted. It’s the first line supervisor and commander and HIS/HER commander and so on.
Problem troops bring down morale and if they bring it down too much, you get a call in the middle-of-the-night.
Here’s something else and with all due respect, today’s military is NOT the military of our fathers and grandfathers.
The Air Force, Navy, Marines, Army are a lot more particular these days and the latest technology plays a big part. A troop needs to have some smarts and ambition and a fairly solid level of mental and physical fitness and if they get in and can’t cut it, they will be discharged and THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED.
I’m against mandatory military service and even if she/he is a Nurse, a Cook, a Firefighter, he/she is still military and is bound by all the rules and is subject to deployment and I don’t know who posted that some military personnel never touch a gun after boot camp, but they are wrong.
I don’t know any military personnel who were not required to qualify at least once per year and often times, more.
No. I’m still bitter about this. I wanted someone ripped for this role. Like biceps and broad shoulders and developed quads and glutes. I see women like that a lot and they would be perfect for wonder woman. Screw fanboy fantasies, give me that intimidating swole Amazonian!
She has a very bland forgettable face. Simultaneously she resembles so many famous people it’s distracting.
I’m seeing shades of Natalie Portman, fameke Jensen (i don’t remember her last name), and even Julianne marguilles. I also really like the outfit in the second photo.
Isn’t she married with a kid? Not that that would prevent an on-set affair, of course, but it seems like she would have just as much to lose — if not more — than Affleck, certainly in terms of positive PR if word got out. I imagine their DC handlers are wary about the upcoming press tour if Gadot and Affleck did have an affair.
I have the biggest girl crush on her and was so P.O.’ed when she was killed off in the F&F franchise! She was one of my favorites. I hope Wonder Woman does well. Fingers crossed for her.