Ever since the Wonder Woman project was announced a LOT of names have flown around to fill the golden brassiere. Up until this point the one that I really saw playing the roll was Jessica Biel. She’s actually quite a competent actress, very attractive, and if nothing else showed us she can do action sequences quite well in Blade Trinity (oh what a horrible movie that was).
But now the name shooting around the web today is Kate Beckinsale. The buzz came from a small offhand comment Bechinsale made recently. The good folks over at The Hollywood News give us this:
Read into this one as you will, but British actress Kate Beckinsale, whose most famous role was in the hit movie UNDERWORLD, is said to be in talks to play WONDER WOMAN in the movie of the same name. She apparently told IOL.com, “I dressed up as her last Hallowe’en so it would be good to do it again.”
Ok, now that’s hardly an authoritative endorsement… but it’s enough to get the rumor mills churning… and why not? Beckinsale would be fantastic in this roll. An even better actress than Biel (See The Aviator), even better looking than Biel (although that’s no knock against Biel) and has loads of action oriented experience. She also wouldn’t have a problem filling out that brassiere.
Ok, but what really makes me dwell on this one is that Beckinsale reminds me a lot of other female arch types Josh Whedon has worked with before. I can easily see Kate Beckinsale fitting into that mold. So there you have it… hardly authoritative news… but an nice rumor to think about.
