2008 Movie News Archives

Megan Gale

January 22, 2008: Megan Gale Confirms Wonder Woman Casting

Australia's "PerthNow" Sunday Times newspaper reports that Megan Gale confirmed her casting as Wonder Woman in the up-coming (now postponed) Justice League movie...

    "I still can't believe it," Gale said. "I have been infatuated with Wonder Woman since I was a teenager."

    Meanwhile, she has stepped up her fitness regimen ahead of her Wonder Woman role and will also learn how to fight and wield deadly weapons.

    Gale said she had known since October that she had the part in the Warner Bros film, but was sworn to secrecy.

    The movie will be directed by Miller, of Happy Feet fame, but the start of filming in Sydney has been delayed by the US writers' strike.

    Gale said she was a big fan of American actor Lynda Carter, who donned the gold-plated bustier, knee-high boots and star-spangled bloomers to play Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series.

    "I've been a fan of Wonder Woman since I was a teenager," Gale said. "People used to tell me I looked like Lynda Carter.

    "It was always a bit of a fantasy. It was never going to be a reality for me, but it kind of found me and I'm a big believer in fate and destiny.

    "Even if the writers' strike goes on forever, for me, the fact that I've been cast as Wonder Woman is enough.

Meanwhile, Variety reports that the Australian government denies that complications over tax breaks had anything to do with the JLA movie being delayed...

    "We understand the postponement of filming is absolutely confined to creative issues and especially to delays in refining the script due to the writers' strike," says a spokeswoman for arts minister Peter Garrett.



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