Gal Gadot is one of the best actresses in the recent past. Her portrayal of Wonder Woman fascinated audiences, and she became one of the most famous and successful stars to come out in the new crop of actors in Hollywood. Her background in the armed forces in Israel gave her solid credentials for extreme action sequences in films.
However, contrary to this, her military experience did not help her with challenging scenes in the DC Extended Universe projects: Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984. Nevertheless, she did justice to her part and effectively played the role, and delivered an award-winning performance. The film and its sequel established her as one of the most capable and talented stars in showbiz.
Gal Gadot Suffered Back Injury While Filming Wonder Woman Movie
Gal Gadot is a global star whose journey from being a fashion model and going on to win several beauty pageants to starring in dozens of iconic films has made her a top-class actress in showbiz. After completing her first year of college, she landed the opportunity to play Camille Montes in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace.
However, she reportedly lost the role to Olga Kurylenko. She then gained her first big screen part in the commercially hit Fast & Furious franchise’s fourth installment and performed many action sequences in the film, which earned her wider attention.
The actress has been part of several iconic projects across genres, and the one that she thanked she accepted while she was juggling to build her acting career, was her Wonder Woman role in the DCEU superhero projects that made her a successful Globalstar.
Zack Synder cast Gal Gadot in 2013 to play the famous female superhero role of Wonder Woman in the 2016 movie Batman vs. Superman. She reprised her role in 2017 for Wonder Woman and then appeared in the sequel, Wonder Woman 1984. The Fast Five movie star once revealed she experienced major on-set injuries while she worked tirelessly to prepare herself for her role.
Gal Gadot’s Dance Career Helped Her Prepare For Wonder Woman Role
Her Wonder Woman role was physically challenging, and she suffered painful on-set injuries while filming the DCEU projects. She revealed to Variety that she experienced a hernia in the back after finishing the first Wonder Woman film. The Israel native star told the outlet,
“When we premiered the first Wonder Woman, I had just had Maya. She was eight weeks, and I just—it was right after we finished shooting Wonder Woman and Justice League—had Maya, had a major hernia in my back.”
She suffered another major injury as she reprised her role in Wonder Woman 1984. She claimed,
“And then this one, on this one, I hurt my neck and my shoulder. It just—it comes with a—it is what it is. It’s such a physical role like the physicality is another character that I have to play. But it has its toll.”
The Death on the Nile movie star shared that her dancing career helped her prepare for the role of a female superhero and not her background in the military.
“It didn’t really. One would think, like, military it, sounds so, you know, what you would think it would be. But honestly, I think that more than anything, the fact that I was a dancer for 12 years before that’s what helps me with all the stunt work. Because it’s all about learning the choreographies and the timing, and it’s all about the movement. So I think that’s something that really helped me.”
According to reports, Gal Gadot underwent intense training to help build the muscle to match the physique of her superhero role and learned different martial art techniques. She also gained 17 pounds of muscle! And as they say, the rest is history.
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Source: Variety
