Cast the new DCU

[Tg11]

John Travolta & the late Kelly Preston...their daughter Ella Bleu Travolta as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman. For Ella, WW would be her breakout role and she would be able to step out of the shadow of her famous parents.

 

[Isub_Zero]

John Travolta & the late Kelly Preston...their daughter Ella Bleu Travolta as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman. For Ella, WW would be her breakout role and she would be able to step out of the shadow of her famous parents.

Well, at least, someone can see it ,too. She's not my first choice, but she should definitely try out for the role, when it will actually happend.

 

[emielaen]

Serious question here.
For all of you offering suggestions of Oliver Queen: why do you want him in the movie? What does that character add at all?

I seriously doubt that WB would allow the character to be done appropriately because if you did, then he would alienate a large portion of the audience, namely moderates to right wing folks.

So why have him in it except that he has had a television show?

I think they want him in any project, mostly a two-hander w Black Canary. It's not about any upcoming film in particular.

Also, the character potentially alienating some audiences because he's a liberal, anti-capitalist, white socialist is no reason to not use him. Nothing suggests they wouldn't allow that to be done either.

 

[Babillygunn]

Also, the character potentially alienating some audiences because he's a liberal, anti-capitalist, white socialist is no reason to not use him. Nothing suggests they wouldn't allow that to be done either.

Absent these aspects of the character, he’s actually quite boring. If they would lean into his hard traveling hero persona where he is the vigilante for the downtrodden and a die hard left wing SJW, then he is a great character. Especially when you also realize that despite all of his preachiness, he failed his own ward.

He has the capability to be a great character. But my fear, given the adaptations that he has appeared in on television, is that he will be just another Batman but with a bow. The fact that Arrow actually had him join the police force at one point while also taking Black Canary and having her go from being a legal aid lawyer to being a prosecutor probably had Denny ONeil rolling over in his grave.

To me Ollie has never fit in with the Justice League. He is the hero for the ignored and the marginalized. He’s not well-suited for the cosmic battles. That’s why I don’t understand him showing up on this thread.

 

[Lily Adler]

Absent these aspects of the character, he’s actually quite boring. If they would lean into his hard traveling hero persona where he is the vigilante for the downtrodden and a die hard left wing SJW, then he is a great character. Especially when you also realize that despite all of his preachiness, he failed his own ward.

He has the capability to be a great character. But my fear, given the adaptations that he has appeared in on television, is that he will be just another Batman but with a bow. The fact that Arrow actually had him join the police force at one point while also taking Black Canary and having her go from being a legal aid lawyer to being a prosecutor probably had Denny ONeil rolling over in his grave.

To me Ollie has never fit in with the Justice League. He is the hero for the ignored and the marginalized. He’s not well-suited for the cosmic battles. That’s why I don’t understand him showing up on this thread.

Now you're just taking lines out the first episode of Justice League Unlimited.

 

[Babillygunn]

Now you're just taking lines out the first episode of Justice League Unlimited.

Really? Lol. I’ve never seen it!
That’s after my time.

 

[flickchick85]

I have less than zero interest in seeing Ollie in the Justice League tbh.

 

[Sawyer]

IMO, Green Arrow is best suited for street-level Mike Grell type stuff. I don’t think he needs to be in the League, but he could certainly have a girlfriend who is…

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I think that Green Arrow Super Max movie could've had a lot of potential.

 

[Sawyer]

God I wish she was tall, because that’s the sort of bone structure I’m looking for for Diana.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Yeah, I know that's Gunn's not as picky when it comes to actresses' heights, but I still think that Wonder Woman will be the exception. Barda too (if she ever appears in the new DCU).

 

[Lily Adler]

Yeah, I know that's Gunn's not as picky when it comes to actresses' heights, but I still think that Wonder Woman will be the exception. Barda too (if she ever appears in the new DCU).

Elizabeth Debicki is the only actress I can think of who is actually that tall. 🤭

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Elizabeth Debicki is the only actress I can think of who is actually that tall. 🤭

For women, 5′9″ and above is generally considered tall.

Knowing Gunn, he probably isn't gonna for a well-known actress anyway.

 

[Lily Adler]

For women, 5′9″ and above is generally considered tall.

Barda has to be taller than her husband (think Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman) at least. So I guess Mister Miracle can be a shorty.

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

Barda has to be taller than her husband (think Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman) at least. So I guess Mister Miracle can be a shorty.

Yeah, I can see Barda being 5'11" or 6'0". Wondy will probably be at least 5'9". Or, like you said, they can just get a short or average-sized guy for Mister Miracle.

 

[Lily Adler]

Yeah, I can see Barda being 5'11" or 6'0". Wondy will probably be at least 5'9". Or, like you said, they can just get a short or average-sized guy for Mister Miracle.

I'm 5'11" so most men are short to me.

 

[Isub_Zero]

Yeah, I know that's Gunn's not as picky when it comes to actresses' heights, but I still think that Wonder Woman will be the exception. Barda too (if she ever appears in the new DCU).

I have to ask - Why do you think Gunn isn't picky when it comes to Actresses' height? Which of the characters in the movies he directed was supposed to be taller then the actresses portrayed them?

 

[ArmsHeldOut]

I have to ask - Why do you think Gunn isn't picky when it comes to Actresses' height? Which of the characters in the movies he directed was supposed to be taller then the actresses portrayed them?

Gamora and Supergirl are just two off the top of my head. But like I said, Wonder Woman and especially Big Barda will probably be the exception.

 

[Isub_Zero]

Gamora and Supergirl are just two off the top of my head. But like I said, Wonder Woman and especially Big Barda will probably be the exception.

Gamora? Saldana is like 5'7. That tall for a woman. To me it seems in his pick - height was matter to him, when they cast her.
About Supergirl... Where is it say she suppose to be tall? From a short search of "DC supergirls" I see her height in the comic is around 5'5. Just like the actress that will portray her for Gunn's DCU.
Anyway With her powers and backround i see no need for her to be tall.

 

[Lily Adler]

Gamora? Saldana is like 5'7. That tall for a woman. To me it seems in his pick - height was matter to him, when they cast her.
About Supergirl... Where is it say she suppose to be tall? From a short search of "DC supergirls" I see her height in the comic is around 5'5. Just like the actress that will portray her for Gunn's DCU.
Anyway With her powers and backround i see no need for her to be tall.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I haven’t seen her suggested for Diana yet, but Laysla de Oliveira really impressed me on the show Lioness. The show itself was kind of a mixed bag but she was a really believable badass and had a good character arc. And at 5’8”, she would be a good height for Diana.

 

[Sawyer]

I haven’t seen her suggested for Diana yet, but Laysla de Oliveira really impressed me on the show Lioness. The show itself was kind of a mixed bag but she was a really believable badass and had a good character arc. And at 5’8”, she would be a good height for Diana.

I suggested her back in January and was told that, at the ripe old age of 32, she’s likely aged out of the Wonder Woman role.

At 32.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I suggested her back in January and was told that, at the ripe old age of 32, she’s likely aged out of the Wonder Woman role.

At 32.

lol of course.

 

[flickchick85]

I don't know her, but she seems like a real suggestion, which is a nice change from...what's been going on lately lol.

 

[Lily Adler]

I suggested her back in January and was told that, at the ripe old age of 32, she’s likely aged out of the Wonder Woman role.

At 32.