Joss Whedon

I’m with you, I’m as sick as “Wonder Woman” rumours as the next guy. Still, I’d rather read ‘who is being rumoured for the part’ than nothing on it.... I think. And most of you seem to want that too.

Last week, I noticed a bit on Sneak Peek suggesting that Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra was the frontrunner for the role of the Amazonian princess - in the film. Later - after a few ‘fuck you - that’s not true’ emails, from a typically undermedicated few that need to go and workout some springs of a mattress and lay off the keyboard for a while - it was discovered that the rumour was merely something that had popped up on IMDB and had since started making the rounds. Not unusual, but those ones are hard to track.

I’ve gotta say - It’s hard running a movie news website, because you never quite know what’s news, what’s bullshit and what’s pure fan-boy speculation. You can only do so much to check too. For instance, unless I lived on the IMDB boards for “Wonder Woman”, which I don’t, I wouldn’t have known that that titbit was fake. How could I? I’m simply going by what my friends are saying at other sites. And again, how could they know? So, I guess what I’m trying to say is, that’s the nature of the game. There will always be rumours that are 100 percent true, and then there will be some that slip through the radar that are completely bullshit. I’ll usually run whatever comes from a ‘legit’ enough source, or that I know comes from a ‘usually reliable’ source. Bottom line : There’s no Bollywood actresses being considered for the part of “Wonder Woman”. Kaput. Done. Presto.

Oh, and by the way, to the smart-ass lassie who had a go at me for saying “Joss Whedon wasn’t born in Sunnydale, that was the name of a fictional town!” - you think I don’t know that? Plllleaasse.... Go buy yourself a sense of humour, and shout yourself a strong malt whilst you’re at it. The secret password for this site is : “sense of humour needed”. Priceless. Cracks me up.

Anyway, the reason I bought up “Wonder Woman” is because I’ve been getting a few emails asking who I’d like to see play the role. Makes sense I guess. I’ve been listening to who you’d all like to see play the role - and it seems to be a toss-up between the “Days of Our Lives” fox and the “Firefly” babe - so guess I do deserve an opinion.

Well, unless Rachel Bilson grows a few inches before it gets up (the movie - that is), then Charisma Carpenter. I know, I know.... she’s not a big star, she’s relatively untried as a film actress, and she may have hurt her chances by ditching her duds in “Playboy” (a family friendly movie and all), but I like her. I think she would make an awesome Wonder Woman. She’s foxy, she’s feisty, she’s fit.... She looks the part. I can’t think of anyone else I’d rather see in the role - though I do like Morena Baccarin, as well - at the moment. Chances are Joss Whedon will want a complete unknown for the role - kinda like what the WB did with “Superman Returns” by casting Brandon Routh - but I strongly believe that he and Uncle Joel should at least do a screen test with Carpenter. Plonk the costume on her, set up the blue-screen behind her, and give her a few gallant lines.... I think they’ll like what they see.

Anyway, that’s my opinion. Charisma Carpenter. Wonder Woman. (Now you watch, here comes the emails : “No way, I want Paris Hilton to be Wonder Woman!”, and “Dude, iza cantta spellz, but mez want you nott caste herz as wonder foman, but put da girl from The Real World in it, coz itz cool to watch, and you would oll likez herf”, can only be seconds away).