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在以色列小姐選美比賽中，她獲得冠軍，踏入模特界。之后，中斷了自己的模特事業(yè)，在以色列國(guó)防軍服役兩年，服完兵役又去學(xué)習(xí)法律課程。雖然參加邦德女郎試鏡未果，但她在電影《速度與激情》系列電影中成功搶鏡。她就是《蝙蝠俠大戰(zhàn)超人：正義黎明》中神奇女俠的扮演者蓋爾·加朵。2017年，她主演的《神奇女俠》上映，讓她成為人們談?wù)摰慕裹c(diǎn)。現(xiàn)在讓我們走近蓋爾·加朵，了解一下這位電影和生活中的神奇女俠。

Even at five years old， Gal Gadot wouldnt be ignored. Her mother often tells the story of one family get-together that ran into the night， long after Gal had been put to bed. Hearing the party move to the rooftop terrace， she slipped out of bed and pottered1） up， only for no one to notice her. So she did what any normal future Hollywood superstar would do. She grabbed a hose and sprayed everyone with water， yelling， “Its meeee！ Look at meeee！” Gadots been bursting out of the background ever since. In the Fast & Furious franchise she regularly upstaged and out-stunted the rest of the glowering beefcakes as ex- Mossad weapons expert and drug runner Gisele. And even when the foreground featured Bats and Supers battering seven shades of supershit out of each other， Gadot was no-violet in last years Batman V Superman： Dawn Of Justice either. She was right there， front and centre， a sword-flinging， movie-stealing wonder of a Wonder Woman—her debut appearance in the iconic role.

So Gadot is the best hope yet to become the first female superhero with the power to smash her way through the cinematic glass ceiling. While The Avengers are giving the misfit supergang genre depths and dichotomies2） wed never imagined and Deadpool3） and Logan4） are bringing ultraviolent wit and intense adult drama respectively to solo movies， female superheroes have remained largely underused and underdressed. Even when faced with such show-stealers as Margot Robbies Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad or Scarlett Johanssons Black Widow， studios are reluctant to risk another Catwoman or Tank Girl5）—dumper-bound movies all. But Gadots steely6）， immortal Amazonian warrior princess， fronting her own movie this week， looks set7） to become the first solo superfemale icon， and to hell with the queasy online debate about her body shape. “You cant please them all，” Gal says， “and for me， being an actress， my responsibility is not to pay too much attention to all the noise around me but to pay attention to the script， to the director， Zack [Snyder， Batman V Superman director] and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can. I can only do my best.”

If iconic comics publisher DC were after hardass glamour， they found the right woman. Voted Miss Israel at 18， Gadot broke off from an early career as one of Israels highest-earning models to spend two years doing military service in the Israel Defense Force， as all Israelis must. “Youve got to give back to the state，” she explained to Glamour in March. “You give two or three years， and its not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect.”

She also learned weapon skills and combat techniques that， while fairly useless during the quieter bits of her post-service law course， certainly prepared her for Hollywood. Eight thousand miles away， an LA casting director spotted her modelling card on her agencys wall and called her in to audition to be a Bond girl in Quantum Of Solace； Olga Kurylenko got that role， but Gadot did land the part in Fast & Furious， performing all her own stunts over three films and rising archly above the drooling bikini fodder scenes. Thriller roles followed in Ariel Vromens Criminal and the star-smattered8） Triple 9， but it was one hush-hush9） screen test around the same time that would turn Gadot into a one-woman army and all-round superhuman feminist icon.

“They wouldnt say what [the role was]，” she explains. “So of course I was intrigued and I did the audition and Zack was there and it was great. Two weeks later … Zack called me and he was saying， ‘Well， Im not sure if you have it in Israel， but did you ever hear about Wonder Woman？ I think I went dead for a few good seconds， came back to life， and then tried to pull off my best voice saying， ‘Wonder Woman， yeah， of course.”

The significance of the part isnt lost on Gadot. Wonder Woman getting her own movie doesnt just reflect the current wave of actresses demanding equality in pay and standing within the rigid Hollywood blockbuster system， shes also the original whip-cracking heroine—one weve been waiting to see kick the superhero genre in the codpiece10） for decades.

“Its a huge honour to be the one who got this amazing opportunity to tell such an important story，” she says. “I have a four-year-old daughter and she adores princesses. At the same time， she would tell me， ‘The princess， shes so weak； she falls asleep， the prince will come and save her and kiss her and hes the hero. So Im so happy to be the one thats going to tell the Wonder Woman story. Its such an important story to tell and Im grateful for it， but I also think that its so important for girls and boys to have a strong female superhero to look up to. The more the merrier， and theres plenty of room for women to come. Im very， very happy to be a part of that.”

“For [Batman V Superman] it was important for me that we show how independent she is，” she told Glamour. “Shes not relying on a man and shes not there because of a love story. Shes not there to serve someone else. She has so many strengths and powers， but at the end of the day shes a woman with a lot of emotional intelligence. Shes loving—thats her strength. I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think its a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say lets own who we are and use it as a strength.” Gal even channelled musics very own Wonder Woman during the audition to land the part. “I decided to put on Beyoncé，” she told W magazine in April. “‘Who run the world？ Girls！11） I just started to dance， and I let my anxiety go. Thank you， Beyoncé！” So she didnt try to emulate12） the classic 70s TV series13）？ “No， I was too young to watch the Lynda Carter TV show—I was minus five. But after they cast me， I did watch a couple of episodes. I think that Lynda Carter was a magnificent Wonder Woman and certainly big shoes to fit into. When they cast me for this movie， Zack and everyone had a very clear vision on who Wonder Woman should be， what her story is and how they want to tell it. All I had to do was give my own notes and inputs and just embody everything and be her.”

Wonder Woman is set during World War I， and finds our heroine teaming up with the Allied forces. Directed by Patty Jenkins， who made the staggering Monster in 2003， it sets out to give Wonder Woman a rounded emotional resonance so long missing from most superheroine roles.

“Im lucky in that Ive worked with men who have a lot of respect for women，” she told Entertainment Weekly. “But working with a woman is a different experience. It feels like the communication is different … When Patty and I had our creative conversations about the character， we realised that Diana [Prince， Wonder Womans secret identity] can still be a normal woman—one with very high values， but still a woman. She can be sensitive. Shes smart and independent and emotional. She can be confused. She can lose her confidence. She can have confidence.

“I feel like Diana is really accessible. Its very easy to relate to her. She has the heart of a human so she can be emotional； shes curious， shes compassionate， she loves people. And then she has the powers of a goddess. I want to be her. And in Wonder Woman， she has this naivety in her. It isnt stupid， its magical. I would want to be naive like that again … Shes a young idealist whos been taught that the world is very simple： Its black or white， bad or good. Its how she was raised. Theres something charming about the simplistic way in which she sees the world. But once she falls in love and starts her journey with Steve Trevor [Chris Pine]， he educates her about the complexity of mankind. Theres no such thing as only good and bad， black or white. Its complicated.”

Having pumped copious iron to film Wonder Woman in the freezing cold London winter—and somehow found time to have her second child between shoots （in last Novembers reshoots they had to green-screen out her five-month baby bump）—Gadot is clearly something of a real-life Wonder Woman herself. But with predictions of a $75 million opening weekend and Batman V Superman sequel Justice League due later this year， shes yet to fully grasp just how big a deal shes about to become—not just in the DC universe， but in the real one， too.

“Its happening and Im kind of still in denial，” she says. “Im so busy working that I have absolutely no time to sit down and enjoy the ride. Im enjoying everything， but I think itll take me some time before I can really understand whats going on.” Gal Gadot： the next superhero superstar or theres just no Justice.

即便只有五歲的時(shí)候，蓋爾·加朵就已經(jīng)不容被人忽視了。她的媽媽經(jīng)常說(shuō)那次家庭聚會(huì)的事，聚會(huì)一直持續(xù)到晚上，那時(shí)蓋爾已經(jīng)被放上床哄睡了。聽(tīng)到大家都去了樓頂露臺(tái)，她滑下床，躡手躡腳走了上來(lái)，只為沒(méi)人會(huì)注意到她。于是她做了每一個(gè)未來(lái)好萊塢巨星通常都會(huì)做的事。她抓起軟管，朝每個(gè)人噴水，大聲喊道：“我在這里！看我?。　睆哪且院?，加朵就沖出背景之外，一直站在顯眼的位置了。在《速度與激情》系列電影里，她扮演的是吉賽爾，前摩薩德武器專家兼毒梟，一如既往地?fù)屃四切┡慷暤募∪饽袀兊溺R。在去年上映的《蝙蝠俠大戰(zhàn)超人：正義黎明》中，雖然最風(fēng)光的鏡頭都是蝙蝠俠和超人們大打出手，但影片中的加朵也不是個(gè)羞答答的女性。她就在那里，站在臺(tái)前，站在舞臺(tái)中心，舞刀弄?jiǎng)?，極其搶鏡，即便作為神奇女俠也可算是傳奇了。那還是她頭一次扮演這個(gè)傳奇角色。

所以加朵是目前最有希望成為第一個(gè)沖破電影行業(yè)玻璃天花板的女性超級(jí)英雄?！稄?fù)仇者聯(lián)盟》讓不入流的超人團(tuán)體有了我們想象不到的深度和區(qū)分度，死侍和羅根分別給獨(dú)角電影帶來(lái)了超暴力智慧和緊湊的成人劇情，但女性超級(jí)英雄仍然沒(méi)有得到充分展示，穿著也過(guò)于單薄。即便是瑪歌特·羅比在《自殺小隊(duì)》中扮演的哈利·奎恩和斯嘉麗·約翰遜扮演的黑寡婦都很搶鏡，但電影公司不是很情愿冒險(xiǎn)去打造出另一部《貓女》或《坦克女郎》——這些都是最后被觀眾冷落的電影。但加朵扮演的亞馬遜公主是女戰(zhàn)士，堅(jiān)毅、擁有神力，這周（原文發(fā)表于6月2日）就在自己的電影中成為主角，看起來(lái)將要成為第一個(gè)獨(dú)一的女性超級(jí)偶像，讓網(wǎng)上討論她體型的惡心言論見(jiàn)鬼去吧?！澳悴荒苋偹腥?，”蓋爾說(shuō)道，“對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，作為一個(gè)演員，我的責(zé)任不是過(guò)多地關(guān)注周圍的各種煩擾，而是把關(guān)注點(diǎn)放在劇本上，和扎克[·施耐德，《蝙蝠俠大戰(zhàn)超人》的導(dǎo)演]協(xié)作好，保護(hù)好我的角色，盡我最大努力演繹她的故事。我只能盡我所能?！?/p>

如果偶像級(jí)的漫畫(huà)公司DC追求的是一種強(qiáng)悍的魅力，那他們真是找對(duì)人了。加朵18歲就票選成為以色列小姐，成為以色列收入最高的模特之一，但她為了履行以色列人的義務(wù)中斷了自己早期的事業(yè)，在以色列國(guó)防軍服役兩年?！氨仨氁仞亣?guó)家，”加朵在3月份的《魅力》雜志中說(shuō)道：“你拿出兩三年，而這不是為了你自己。你放棄自由，學(xué)會(huì)了自律，學(xué)會(huì)了尊重?！?/p>

加朵還學(xué)會(huì)了使用武器的技法和格斗術(shù)，這些對(duì)她退役后那段靜謐的日子里學(xué)習(xí)的法律課程一點(diǎn)用都沒(méi)有，卻無(wú)疑為她的好萊塢事業(yè)做了準(zhǔn)備。八千英里之外，一位洛杉磯的好萊塢選角導(dǎo)演在加朵經(jīng)紀(jì)人公司的墻上注意到了加朵身為模特的名片，于是打電話讓她去為《量子危機(jī)》中的邦德女郎試鏡。歐嘉·柯瑞蘭寇拿下了這個(gè)角色，但加朵出演了《速度與激情》，在三季中親自表演了自己所有的特技鏡頭，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超越了那個(gè)穿著比基尼、引人垂涎的花瓶角色。之后她出演了阿里爾·佛羅門(mén)執(zhí)導(dǎo)的《超腦48小時(shí)》和眾星云集的《紅色警戒999》中更刺激的角色，然而讓加朵成為“一個(gè)女人就是一個(gè)軍團(tuán)”和獨(dú)當(dāng)一面的超人女性偶像的，卻是同一時(shí)期的一次秘密試鏡。

“他們不愿說(shuō)[是什么角色]，”她解釋道，“所以我當(dāng)然會(huì)很好奇，我完成試演，扎克在那里，感覺(jué)很好。兩周之后……扎克打來(lái)電話問(wèn)：‘我不知道在以色列有沒(méi)有，但你聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)《神奇女俠》嗎？我想有那么幾秒鐘，我大腦一片空白，回過(guò)神之后，我努力平靜下來(lái)說(shuō)：‘《神奇女俠》，當(dāng)然，我知道。”

加朵沒(méi)有讓這個(gè)角色的重要意義丟失。神奇女俠有了自己的電影，這不僅反映了當(dāng)下女演員在僵化的好萊塢巨片體系中要求薪資和地位平等的浪潮，也反映了神奇女俠還是一個(gè)揮舞鞭子的厲害的原創(chuàng)女主角——我們等著看她踢向超級(jí)英雄們的致命部位已經(jīng)等了幾十年。

“能得到這樣好的機(jī)會(huì)，演這樣一個(gè)人，講述如此重要的故事，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是巨大的榮幸，”她說(shuō)，“我有個(gè)四歲的女兒，她很喜歡公主。但同時(shí)，她會(huì)告訴我?！魈浫趿?，她睡著了，王子會(huì)過(guò)來(lái)救她，吻她，王子才是英雄。所以，我很高興能成為神奇女俠故事的講述者，要講的這個(gè)故事很重要，我也很感謝這個(gè)故事。我想重要的是男孩女孩們要有可以崇拜的女性超級(jí)英雄，而且越多越好。女性還有很大的進(jìn)步空間，我很高興能貢獻(xiàn)自己的一分力量。”

“在《蝙蝠俠大戰(zhàn)超人》中，我們要展示出她是有多獨(dú)立，這對(duì)我很重要，”加朵在《魅力》雜志中說(shuō)，“她不依靠任何男人，她不是為愛(ài)情故事來(lái)的，她來(lái)這里不為任何人服務(wù)。她有很多優(yōu)勢(shì)和能力。但說(shuō)到底她是個(gè)情商很高的女人。她愛(ài)別人——這是她的力量。我認(rèn)為女性是令人驚嘆的，因?yàn)樗齻兡軌虮憩F(xiàn)自己的感受。我也欽佩能夠做到這點(diǎn)的女人。我認(rèn)為女人為了讓自己看起來(lái)堅(jiān)強(qiáng)而掩蓋自己的感情是不對(duì)的。讓我們承認(rèn)自己，并把它當(dāng)成一種力量?！睘榱四孟陆巧?，蓋爾在試鏡時(shí)甚至效仿真正的音樂(lè)界神奇女俠?！拔覜Q定演唱碧昂絲的歌，”加朵在4月份對(duì)《W》雜志說(shuō)?！啊l(shuí)主宰著世界？姑娘們！我開(kāi)始跳舞，也就不緊張了。謝謝你，碧昂斯！”所以她不嘗試重現(xiàn)20世紀(jì)70年代的經(jīng)典電視劇了嗎？“不，我年紀(jì)太小，沒(méi)看琳達(dá)·卡特演的電視劇——那部劇播完五年后我才出生（編者注：《神奇女俠》電視劇播出時(shí)間為1975～1979）。但他們定下讓我出演之后，我確實(shí)去看了幾集。我認(rèn)為琳達(dá)·卡特是一位偉大的神奇女俠，當(dāng)然是難以企及的。但他們選我演這部電影時(shí)，每個(gè)人，包括扎克，心里都很清楚神奇女俠應(yīng)該是什么樣的，她的故事是什么樣的，他們想要以何種方式講述這個(gè)故事。我要做的就是注入自己的理解和情感，體現(xiàn)所有的特質(zhì)，成為神奇女俠?！?/p>

《神奇女俠》的背景設(shè)定在一戰(zhàn)，我們的女主角與協(xié)約國(guó)合作。該電影由派蒂·杰金斯導(dǎo)演（2003年執(zhí)導(dǎo)了震驚世人的《女魔頭》），影片設(shè)定讓神奇女俠是個(gè)豐滿的、能引發(fā)情感共鳴的人物，這種特質(zhì)在大多超級(jí)女英雄身上已經(jīng)很久都看不到了。

“我很幸運(yùn)，和我一起工作的男士都很尊重女性，”她對(duì)《娛樂(lè)周刊》說(shuō)，“但和女性一起工作的經(jīng)歷是完全不同的，感覺(jué)交流方式有所不同……當(dāng)帕蒂和我討論角色扮演時(shí)，我們意識(shí)到戴安娜[公主，神奇女俠的秘密身份]也是一個(gè)普通女人——有高尚的價(jià)值觀，但終究是女人。她可以很敏感。她聰明，獨(dú)立，感情豐富。她也會(huì)迷茫困惑。她可能失去信心，也可以充滿自信。”

“我感覺(jué)戴安娜并不是高高在上的，很容易就能和她聯(lián)系在一起。她有一顆平常人的心，所以她會(huì)多愁善感；她好奇，有同情心，愛(ài)人類。同時(shí)她還有女神的力量。我想成為她。她在《神奇女俠》中有幼稚的一面。這不是愚蠢，而是神奇。我也想重新變幼稚，如她一般……她是個(gè)年輕的理想主義者，她接受的教育告訴她世界非常簡(jiǎn)單：非黑即白，非善即惡。戴安娜就是這樣被養(yǎng)大的。她那簡(jiǎn)單化的看世界的方式自有一種迷人之處。不過(guò)，當(dāng)她和史蒂夫·特雷弗（克里斯·派恩飾）墜入愛(ài)河，開(kāi)始她的旅程之后，史蒂夫告訴了她人類有多么復(fù)雜。沒(méi)有什么是非善即惡，非黑即白的。一切都是復(fù)雜的?！?/p>

為了拍攝《神奇女俠》，加朵在倫敦酷寒的冬季做了大量的舉重訓(xùn)練，她甚至在拍攝間隙懷了第二個(gè)寶寶（去年11月補(bǔ)拍期間，他們不得不用綠屏特效來(lái)遮住她五個(gè)月的孕肚），她顯然就是現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的神奇女俠。不過(guò)，據(jù)推測(cè)，《神奇女俠》上映的那個(gè)周末的票房就會(huì)達(dá)到7500萬(wàn)美元，《蝙蝠俠大戰(zhàn)超人》的續(xù)篇《正義聯(lián)盟》下半年也將上映，加朵還有待充分領(lǐng)會(huì)她自己將變得多么大牌——不僅在DC公司的漫畫(huà)世界成了大拿，在現(xiàn)實(shí)世界中也是如此。

“這一切在發(fā)生，可我還是有點(diǎn)接受不了，”她說(shuō)，“我工作太忙，完全沒(méi)有時(shí)間坐下來(lái)享受這個(gè)過(guò)程。我享受這一切。但我想我可能還需要些時(shí)間去真正理解發(fā)生了些什么?！鄙w爾·加朵即將成為下一個(gè)飾演英雄人物的超級(jí)巨星，否則，就沒(méi)有《正義聯(lián)盟》。

1. potter [?p?t?（r）] vi. 閑逛；慢條斯理地做事

2. dichotomy [da??k?t?mi] n. 二分法；一分為二，對(duì)分

3. Deadpool：死侍，美國(guó)漫威漫畫(huà)旗下的反英雄。本名韋德·溫斯頓·威爾遜（Wade Winston Wilson），擁有不死之身和超強(qiáng)的自愈能力，還有一個(gè)可以令自身瞬間移動(dòng)的腰帶。

4. Logan：羅根，指金剛狼，美國(guó)漫威漫畫(huà)旗下超級(jí)英雄。本名詹姆斯·羅根·豪利特（James “Logan” Howlett），他擁有延緩衰老和極強(qiáng)的自愈能力，雙手還可以伸出骨爪。

5. Catwoman or Tank Girl：這兩部電影分別以女超級(jí)英雄貓女和坦克女郎為主角。

6. steely [?sti?li] adj. 堅(jiān)毅的，堅(jiān)定的，鋼鐵般的

7. set [set] adj. 很有可能的，即將發(fā)生的

8. smatter [&apos；sm?t?] vt. 涉獵

9. hush-hush：極秘密的

10. codpiece [?k?d?pi?s] n. （15至16世紀(jì)遮蓋男褲前開(kāi)口處的）遮袋，下體蓋片

11. 這句話是美國(guó)流行歌手碧昂斯唱的一首歌中的歌詞。

12. emulate [?emj?le?t] vt. 模仿

13. 70s TV series：指20世紀(jì)70年代由演員琳達(dá)·卡特（Lynda Carter）主演的美劇《神奇女俠》。該劇改編自同名漫畫(huà)，主要講述了神力女超人的故事。