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Why in the hell hasn't she been cast as a superheroine?

posted 10 years ago by hoboboxerjoe
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Gal Gaddot gets picked as WW over Summer? (personally I'd have wanted Summer for Black Widow or a part of the Whedonverse and Marvel but DC would be just fine)...I wanted a woman closer to 5"10 or Gina Carrano or Carrano-esque. But outside of that, she'd be great for a myriad of characters. Perhaps Supergirl in 2-3 years? Or Ms. Marvel? Batgirl?

Barbara Gordon/Batgirl would probably be my top pick. She'd have to switch to a redhead look but I think she could pull it off. Since Batman is older it wouldn't matter if Batgirl started in her mid-20s-early-30s and has been doing this for a few years alongside the Bat.

Or she could be the new Cat? Both were love-interests to Wayne (Barbara less-so than Selina, though I think that's an interesting love-triangle, though I think we're going to get the Trinity-love-triangle. There has been a alternate-universe version of a child of WW/Superman, which would be very uber, then Batman/WW, still powerful as hell, she could play one of those.)

I just don't get why she's more utilized. My final idea would be for "Fray" the future slayer, or perhaps getting her and Eliza Dushku and James MArsters together for a Faith/Spike mini-series and having her play one of the thousands of new Slayers out there and a very dangerous one that Faith and Spike need to wrangle-in.

[–] chrisdvanne 10 years ago

Studios tend to hire either unknown young women or actresses who have played in a successful tv show/movie.

Summer is none of the above. She has zero cred among movie-goers. period.

[–] JRichardSingleton 10 years ago

SG wouldn't make a great WW because she's so thin. Same as Gal.

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[–] zacharysummers75 10 years ago

well she did play a DC villian in Arrow as Ravager in season 2

[–] jarhead101689 10 years ago

That was so producers can reel in her fan base to watch the show. But in the end, her character was completely irrelevant to the plot since the writers had a hard time deciding which direction to take her (hence her absence until episode 2x18) ; by episode 2x08, she was still at that point where she could've turned out to be a friend or foe of Oliver Queen. And what we got was a Cliff notes version of Isabel Rochev.

[–] nickynichole01 10 years ago

It's Hollywood for pete's sake there are tens of thousands of Summer Glaus. Its all about what the studio wants and nowadays all the actors look the same like their clones.

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[–] hardkaneda 9 years ago

A somewhat harsh sounding post coming from chrisdvanne who is the most devoted Glau fan I know of. But you are right. This is just how Hollywood works. Summer in my opinion has more acting talent than some A listers. The real problem with her career is she only has a cult fan base in sci fi tv. I feel that's why your post sounds a little angry, and I understand a lot of her fans feel the same!

[–] psychictuesday 9 years ago

And yet somehow Gadot was cast anyway.

[–] chrisamon 8 years ago

and nowadays all the actors look the same like their clones.

I've been under a rock I guess. 'Didn't know we were cloning people now. 