The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice actress Gal Gadot appeared on Tuesday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show and described how she learned she would play Wonder Woman.
“I did an audition, I didn’t know what I was auditioning for, ” she told DeGeneres. First read a scene with Batman V Superman director Zack Snyder she made without any information on the role.
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“And then they call to say that they want to camera test me with Ben Affleck. I said ‘Great, what am I testing for. Same night, caught to Zack calls me, saying, ‘Well, I’m not sure if you have it in Israel but did you ever hear of Wonder Woman?’ Then I went dead for five seconds, came back to life, and tried to pull off my coolest voice, saying ‘Wonder Woman? Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard of her, ” she said.
Two weeks later she finally heard back after taking a flight from her home in Israel to America. “And then the moment the airplane landed, I saw 30 missed calls from my agents.” Gadot quickly call her agents back and learn that she would be playing Diana Prince in the upcoming superhero showdown.
