Kate Beckinsale was the first celebrity Punk’d on this season’s premiere of the MTV prank show on Monday. She was out to dinner with her ex, British actor Michael Sheen, when a fat guy hit on her while he was away from the table. When Sheen returned, he lashed out at another man, believing he was the one who was bothering Beckinsale. It sounds like a typical episode:

That story about Kate Beckinsale being in talks to play Wonder Woman was a mistaken report based on an April Fool’s blog post. Site JoBlo.com ran a parody article stating that Beckinsale had been cast in the role and attributed obviously fabricated quotes to the director, like “I couldn’t tell you how many actresses…I’m talking married women here, promised to blow me left, right and center if I gave them the part.”

IMDB picked up the story and sourced JoBlo, changing the details so that Beckinsale was in talks for the role, but had not yet been cast. Then we all repeated it, believing it to be true. It made sense, considering that everyone speculated before the news came out that she was the best actress for the part.

Here is Beckinsale out in Santa Monica with her husband, director Len Wiseman.

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We reported a week ago that Kate Beckinsale was originally in the running for Wonder Woman and that she is a better pick for the role than Lindsay Lohan. It looks like the producers agree, because Beckinsale is now said to be in talks for the role:

We hope Beckinsale gets the role, and that the film is action-packed and fun.

Here’s Beckinsale getting a pedicure in Santa Monica and Lohan walking to her car in Beverly Hills.

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When considering the over-hyped report that Lindsay Lohan wants to play Wonder Woman, one should remember that Kate Beckinsale was originally said to be in the running for the role:

Now that Lohan has received a lot of press for a prompted comment that she made way back in June (thanks to Egotastic for finding this) that she would be interested in playing Wonder Woman, it’s only fair to point out that Beckinsale fills out the outfit a lot better and is a more experienced actress. She can also look fierce for the part as we’ve seen in Underworld, (ok, we’re assuming) while we’ve only seen Lohan playing herself in some teen movies.

Here is Beckinsale with her husband of almost two years, director Len Wiseman, out in Santa Monica recently.

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