Gal Gadot Too Skinny for Wonder Woman? Actress Responds to Critics

Gal Gadot has been criticized for being too skinny to play Wonder Woman, opinions the actress recently dismissed as amusing and "empty talk."

When tentatively questioned about whether her body matched Wonder Woman’s more curvy physique, Gadot was blunt to YNET: “Don’t be shy. They said that I was too skinny and my boobs were too small.”

The interview, translated on Batman-News, was one of the first where the “Fast and Furious” actress addressed the comments from Wonder Woman fans about her body.

“I’m really lucky nothing in my life was instantaneous. When I was younger I would take criticism really hard. But now it mostly amused me,” she told YNET. “The true amazons had one boob so it won’t bother them in their archery. So it’s not going to be like real amazons. We always try to make everyone happy but we can’t.”

In Israel, she said, they asked her why she was so “skinny” and if she had an eating disorder. “They said my head was too big and my body was like a broomstick. I can take anything. It’s just empty talk,” Gadot said. “I understand that part of what I’m doing means being exposed. And part of being exposed is being under fire.”

People were brutal when it was announced Gadot would play the iconic female superhero:

wait do we still have time to scrape gal gadot into the trash and recast wonder woman

— Two Draculas (@witchloki) February 9, 2015

I Don't Know How I Feel About This Chick Playing Wonder Woman In This Upcoming Movie. She's Skinny As Hell And Wonder Woman's Built.

— Bad Boi Vonte' ♒ (@BiggA1993) January 10, 2015

Gal Godot is still a bit too skinny to be Wonder Woman. Hopefully she's hitting gym.

— smooth cat rider (@__Tefo) December 29, 2014

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