“I just didn’t want to give him the stage.”
This is Gal Gadot, star of Wonder Woman and the only good part of 2017.
Gal just gave an in-depth interview to Entertainment Weekly, where she was asked about James Cameron's controversial Wonder Woman comments from last year — and her response is the perfect blend of sassy 'n classy.
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All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided. She’s an objectified icon, and it’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing! I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie but, to me, it’s a step backwards.
He also claimed that one of his own franchises, The Terminator, had a better feminist icon in the character of Sarah Connor.
His comments were met with a lot of anger, and the film's director, Patty Jenkins, issued a response to Cameron on Twitter. But Gal Gadot herself didn't respond at the time, and now she's finally explaining why.
"Because I didn’t want to give him the stage," she revealed to EW.
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Gal noted that she's "a big fan of his work," but says she felt like his comments were made to garner attention and publicity for himself.
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"When it happened, the timing of when it happened, he was promoting another movie of his. It was like he was looking for publicity," she explained.
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"And I just didn’t want to give him the stage."
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