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Then I look forward to seeing Kristen's head superimposed onto a younger athlete's body.
Can she do bad-ass? I've only really seen her as wacky or frail types.
Around the net, people keep asking why they wouldn't cast someone more intense, sexier, etc...I think this casting is probably heavy on the "Barbara Minerva" of the character, which is the right move. You need to be able to feel for Barbara and her tragedy. Much of the point of the character is duality...Barbara is almost nothing like Cheetah in most incarnations.
You can make Cheetah work with an altered voice, stunt doubles, even CGI, etc. Not that Wiig is a slouch in the physicality department. She tends to be in good shape, and can move well, do pretty much any voice or facial movement there is. I can see that translating well to animalistic...so definitely willing to wait and see. She's a solid actress with good range. I think it's an intriguing choice.
David Thewlis is 54, Wiig is 44, both cannot be compared to each other.
A 44 year old is not 'old' but middle-aged.. So, doing minor action scenes is not a big deal, then there are professional stunt-women to do the dangerous action scenes.
So you're trying to tell me a frail looking 'middle-aged' woman can portray an athletic supervillain without cgi'ing her head onto a stunt woman with a more appropriate build? I will laugh my ass off if they have Wiig in full costume, no mo-cap.
Everyone's favorite actress Charlize Theron is 42 year old, who was recently seen doing action scenes in the movie Atomic Blonde, though I admit each actress has a different build, but, She (Kristen Wiig) can train a bit for the part.
So again, if she is physically fit, a 44 year old can do some action scenes as age didn't prevent other 42 year old actress from doing it.
Don't really like this comparison. Charlize was doing action long before Atomic Blonde. She has the experience.
So you're trying to tell me a frail looking 'middle-aged' woman can portray an athletic supervillain without cgi'ing her head onto a stunt woman with a more appropriate build? I will laugh my ass off if they have Wiig in full costume, no mo-cap.
She may have the experience doing action films but she may not fit the version of Cheetah as written in this script.
Even if Theron didn't have the action experience, that would count her out in terms of casting for this type of films at this point.
WB wanted Emma Stone and its not like she was a kickbutt action hero in the ASM films. If the reports were to be believed , the requirement to an actress who had action creds to play the role wasn't on the table to begin with.
I am not suggesting Charlize for the role of Cheetah. I was simply saying that nobody should compare Charlize doing action at 42 to Wiig doing action at 44. It's simply not a good comparison due to the fact that Charlize has a lot of experience doing action movies.
Yeah. I'm also old enough to remember the nerd rage when Gal Gadot was cast as WW.
Keira Knightley was on your list
Everyone's favorite actress Charlize Theron is 42 year old, who was recently seen doing action scenes in the movie Atomic Blonde, though I admit each actress has a different build, but, She (Kristen Wiig) can train a bit for the part.
So again, if she is physically fit, a 44 year old can do some action scenes as age didn't prevent other 42 year old actress from doing it.
You wouldn't need to be that old to remember that
Lol. I was pointing out the short term memory that fanboys seem to have , especially since they railed against Gadot four years ago and now they worship her in the role.