Actress Gal Gadot has hit back at body-shamers for claiming she wasn’t “curvy enough” for her role as the iconic heroine in Wonder Woman.
Despite the superhero film becoming a box-office success, so far raking in $800 million globally and becoming the highest-earning female-directed film, it wasn’t enough to prevent its leading lady being roundly criticised over her appearance.
In a world where one day a celebrity can be shamed for putting on weight and the next day told they’re too skinny, Gadot’s tall and thin physique was singled out for “not being curvy enough”.
“Listen, if you want to be for real, then the Amazons, they had only one boob. Exactly one boob,” Gadot told Rolling Stone magazine, alluding to the warrior women of Greek mythology who removed a breast to better draw back the strings on their bows.
“So what are you talking about here? Me having small boobs and a small a***?
“That will make all the difference.”
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