The actor reveals how her new Netflix movie is different from any heroine she’s played before.
“I had an ‘aha!’
moment,” she says.
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“I was like, ‘Wait a second, men go to see [women-led action films too].
We can [make more], so let’s do it.’
I got some confidence and we decided we’re going to start and developHeart of Stone.”
Gal Gadot on the set of Netflix film ‘Heart of Stone’.Robert Viglasky/Netflix
And with Rachel Stone, she’s such a woman of many contradictions.
She finds it a bit difficult to follow the rules.
She’s like a loose cannon with a really strong sense of justice but she follows her heart.
Wonder Woman, butas Gisele in theFast & Furiousfranchise.
“The character is very much grounded and gritty and raw.
That’s something that I wanted to bring, something that is not polished and grand.
When she’s cold, you are cold.
When she gets a punch, you feel the pain.
You’re right there rooting with her.”
“It was the biggest take-on I’ve ever had,” she adds.
“It was a lot of work.
Months and months of preparation and trainings and workouts and learning all the different choreographies.
It was a lot.”
And she did that all despite contracting COVID-19 during the shoot.
“We were all waiting for me to test negative,” she reveals.
And I just had COVID, so every time we cut, I couldn’t breathe."
While it may have slowed her down, she didn’t let it stop her.
“You just go for it,” Gadot adds.
You just have to do it."
The film debuts this Friday on Netflix.
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