Gadot, who has garnered widespread acclaim for her performance is the film, has also said that the role resonated with her on a feminist level.“I think that it’s so important that we have also strong female figures to look up to, and Wonder Woman is an amazing one,” the former IDF soldier and mother of two told Variety magazine in May.During surprise video to honor @ElizabethBanks, @HillaryClinton offers desire to see @WonderWomanFilm @PattyJenks #CrystalLucys @WomenInFilm pic.twitter.com/IbecmyGDJz
— Chris Gardner (@chrissgardner) June 14, 2017
With "Wonder Woman" blazing a trail at theaters across the United States, the female superhero is being hailed as a powerful new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.The film smashed box office records on its opening weekend, raking in more than $103 million in the United States - a record for a movie directed by a woman. The film broke the previous record for a movie directed by a woman held by Sam Taylor-Johnson for "Fifty Shades of Grey."Online debates ahead of the film's release about the Amazonian superhero's lack of armpit hair and the furor surrounding her selection last year as a UN honorary ambassador, only served to boost box office takings.But it is above all the depiction of the sword-wielding, lasso-tossing character as an empowered woman that accounts for the film's triumph, said Melissa Silverstein, founder of the Women and Hollywood blog and co-founder of the women-focused Athena Film Festival.Wonder Woman was first imagined in 1941 as an icon of female empowerment - even appearing on the inaugural cover of the flagship feminist publication Ms. magazine three decades later.Reuters contributed to this report.#WonderWoman herself, @GalGadot, on why it's important to have "strong female figures to look up to." pic.twitter.com/jD7zkpJTTT
— Variety (@Variety) May 26, 2017