11 Movie Casting Choices The Public Couldn't Handle
4. Gal Gadot - Diana Prince (Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice)
Even more so than YA adaptations, comic book movie casting can bring out the most vitriolic and childish facets of the fanbase.
To that end, the casting of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman for a recurring role in the DCEU was met with a ferocious backlash by fans.
The primary complaint wasn't an entirely unreasonable one - that the slender Gadot lacked the muscle tone and build expected of the super-heroine - albeit voiced in highly disrespectful terms by many, using it as an excuse to launch vile personal attacks against the actress.
Though Gadot didn't bulk up too much to play Wonder Woman in the end, her role in Batman v Superman was one of the film's easy highlights, and she absolutely made the part her own with the superhero's solo movie released the very next year.