Remember when Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman made box office history and became the highest grossing film with a female director—as in more than AU$300 million in one weekend—of all time?
And then her salary for the film was revealed and people were “outraged” by the comparatively low rate she was paid compared to her male superhero counterparts?
It turns out, Gadot wants us all to relax.
To recap, news broke last week that the 32-year-old actress was paid around AU$400,000 for her role in the breakout movie of 2017.
While that might sound like a lot to the average Joe, it was significantly less than male stars like Robert Downey Jr., Henry Cavill and Christian Bale have made when they’ve played similar on-screen heroes.
It was also a drop in the ocean compared with what the movie has so far made at the worldwide box office. (For those playing at home, the film is estimated to have generated more than AU$860,000,000 around the world since it’s release).
But the superstar superhero told gossip site TMZ that she is "grateful and happy" for the paycheck she received for her turn as Diana Prince.
When told she deserved more for the next movie, she cheekily responded, "I think I should get you as my lawyer."
So there you have it: if Wonder Woman herself is happy, who are we to complain?
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We saw this movie last night and it was attention-getting and fun.
She looks great of course and her acting skills are definitely OK
I'd say her pay-cheque will get larger with each instalment of the Wonder Woman story.
And of course, most people in this society have been groomed to believe that there's a male "messiah" just around the corner who'll appear just at the right time to save us all, ( except for those who don't believe - they can just perish.) - such an elitist , fascist notion.
A female "messiah" makes more sense I think..
Someone appearing to save us all is fascist?
I think there are a few things to remember, guys like Robert Downey Jr were already stars before they took their roles and comparing their salary in the latest movie of a franchise to the first movie of Wonderwoman is not realistic. Lesser names like Chris Hemsworth in their first 'super' movie were paid similar to Gal. I am sure her next movie will have a couple more 0's.
Exactly. And even then, RDJ took a real gamble and opted for royalties instead of a massive paycheck the first movie. Which could have backfired if the movie had flopped.