Christina Hendricks wants to play Wonder Woman

[NewJeffCT]

Now, I love Ms Hendricks and think her sexy. However, don't you need to have a more athletic physique to play Wonder Woman? Sure, Lynda Carter had big boobs, but she was also tall & lean. Adrianne Palicki was also tall & lean for WW in her doomed role last year in David E. Kelly's WW.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113131-Christina-Hendricks-Wants-to-Be-Wonder-Woman

http://www.themarysue.com/christina-hendricks-wonder-woman/

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Lynda Carter had poise, and was not overly self-conscious about her beauty.

[Lucian]

2. YES.

I would TOTALLY watch that!

I'll be in my bunk, thinking about this...

[sarge43]

3. But you can't miss a place where you've never been. n/t

[Taverner]

4. She would do well

And she has the classic curves needed to look like a real Wonder WOMAN!

[NewJeffCT]

5. Wonder Woman

as played by Lynda Carter was more tall, slender & athletic than curvy like Hendricks. Hendricks is pretty tall and damn sexy, but I don't see her as Wonder Woman.

[pokerfan]

6. please please please please please please please please please

please please please please please please please please (deep breath) please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please ...

:bounce:

[Skittles]

7. LOL

she'd squeeze herself in a wonderwoman costume two sizes too small and look ridiculous

[guitar man]

33. We can only hope!

:P

:hide:

:yoiks:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. She needs to play Miss Kitty to Brad Pitt's Marshall Matt Dillon...

forget the Wonder Woman nonsense. That should go to Charisma Carpenter

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. changed my mind -- Ryan Reynolds should play the Marshall.

[NewJeffCT]

11. Carpenter is a bit too old now

she's in her early 40s. And, at 5'7", might be a bit too short.

Hendricks is 5 years younger than Carpenter.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. yeah but,

this is Wonder Woman not Wonder Boobs. :)

CH is NOT Wonder Woman material at all. Don't see it. Sorry.

Zooey Deschanel would be fab.

[NewJeffCT]

15. I agree that Hendricks should not be WW

maybe Hendricks could play Power Girl if she wanted to play a superheroine...

I love Zooey, but she seems more like a quirky heroine type than Wonder Woman.

[OriginalGeek]

23. Did you see Zooey's sister

Emily dressed as Wonder Woman on a Halloween episode of Bones?



Please pardon me whilst I swoon...I seem to have suddenly retasked the blood in my brain elsewhere...

[NewJeffCT]

24. you mean this episode?

[MilesColtrane]

9. I'd Super hit it.

[kid shelleen]

29. Amen Brother!

n/t

[LynneSin]

12. Seriously, you remove her breasts I really don't see what the big deal is

She lucked out with one role she's done a decent job with but instead of relying on talent she relies on her breasts.

Mad Men will end soon and she'll fade off into the sunset.

[NewJeffCT]

13. she dressed so nicely at the Emmies

the other day!

:hide:

[LynneSin]

16. Please don't get me started! Her stylist should be tarred and feathered!

She is an attractive woman but she looked ghoulish at the Emmy's

[NewJeffCT]

19. I know

I agree with you - I posted that reply to you because of your thread on that the other day.

[Deep13]

22. *shrug* I like red-heads. Plus I like her voice. nt

[Bucky]

25. I disagree. I think she brings a lot of nuance to the part.

If she couldn't act, I doubt she'd get so many story lines on Mad Men. The character was written to be a little flat two-dimensional um, non-multifaceted, but she's brought a lot of depth to the character, showed off the vulnerable side and the motivations of a woman making tough career & family choices in the 60s.

I don't "buy" every character on that show--Roger is a pretty uneven character and Ken Cosgrove is just boring (the actor is clearly not up to the part). But Christina Hendricks really does let you see what's going on in Joan's head. The character is quite well-rounded complex and fascinating.

[Javaman]

38. She. has. red. hair.

need I say more?

[siligut]

39. Maybe that you know that soft, creamy skin on her face and arms . . .

covers her whole body. That is all.

[Javaman]

40. Stop. You're not helping get through my day. LOL nt

[polly7]

17. I think she's gorgeous and would make a great wonder woman as long

as she's a good actress. I've never heard of her before this though. Is she good?

[NewJeffCT]

18. I think she's been generally well reviewed

for her role on Mad Man. Before that, she was best known for having a recurring role on the now defunct show Firefly.

[polly7]

21. I haven't seen either, but if she did well in those .... good for her. nt.

[dawg]

20. With the right director, I think she could pull it off.

This video of clips from Firefly shows her in a different role from the Mad Men character. Warning, brief shot of Nathan Fillion's butt near the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX3CYHf4Yew

[Bucky]

26. That kind of smutty innuendo is not welcome here in the Lounge. Take it outside, buddy

[Bucky]

27. Agreed. I love her too, but she ain't right for the part.

I don't see Joan Holloway doing this effectively. Frankly, Adrian Palicky looks kind of absurd here, too.



I think, as far as costuming goes, the producers need to do a lot of rethinking. Wonder Woman should be able to defeat her enemies by fighting them, not by giving them simultaneous heart-attacks and whiplash as she runs past.

Only one woman could have done the part right: Lucy Lawless.

[NewJeffCT]

28. The David E. Kelley Wonder Woman

was not picked up after the pilot got panned. I didn't have a huge problem with the costume - if it was too big a change from Lynda Carter, it would have gotten panned for being too different (the only difference I see is bare legs on Carter and tights on Palicki)

I think Lawless could have done it back in her Xena heyday, but is likely too old for a movie franchise now.

[Supply Side Jesus]

30. Thank you God

you do exist!!

[NewJeffCT]

31. Interesting

I posted about Mariano Rivera breaking the all-time saves records two days ago. I got 3 responses and 74 views, despite it being a fantastic sporting achievement.

I posted about Christina Hendricks and Wonder Woman 5 minutes later, and it has 30 responses and over 600 views.

The lesson from this? Boobies > Baseball

[Supply Side Jesus]

32. Lol....Can't fight the procreation engine

and don't forget her figure.....

[petronius]

35. You actually needed math to figure that out?

:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

36. well, sports can be pretty big as well

though, not as big as Ms Hendricks, by a longshot.

[applegrove]

34. She's likely only a size 10...not really all that curvy in real life. It just looks that way

compared to all the stick people in Hollywood.

[Major Nikon]

41. Works for me

[Javaman]

37. I think my heart just skipped a beat.

ah redheads...:)