Who should play Wonder Woman?

Screenrant.com did a piece on who could/should play the iconic role of Wonder Woman in the upcoming (2017) Justice League movie.  I'm going to share my thoughts on their strongest choices and then offer one of my own. The thing about Wonder Woman is that she is intelligent, strong and beautiful so clearly an actress would have to be all three things as well.

Their List:
1)  Morena Baccarin who is known for her role as Inara the companion from Firefly.  There she excelled at displaying exotic beauty and intelligence and was a strong female character.  She is also quite beautiful and strong in her current role on the hugely successful Homeland.  She is a very good choice and has many positive qualities that she would bring to the character but I think the biggest drawback is that she is not so physically imposing and I am not sure how believable she would be as a butt kicking super hero.  Also, she might be too big of a name and people might see too much of her and not enough of Wonder Woman.

2) Gina Carano who is a former MMA fighter and american Gladiator turned actress.  She is physically imposing and a legitimate butt kicker.  She is smoking hot and looks like a believable Amazon.  Her acting leaves a little something to be desired though.  She was adequate in the 2011 film Haywire where she played an assassin.  Her delivery of lines was very monotone and dry and I question whether she could show enough emotional vulnerability that comes along with Wonder Woman as well.  Out of all the candidates she physically is the most believable Wonder Woman but her limited acting skills I think are a bit too limited.  I really hope she doesn't read this because she would kick my ass in no time flat.

3)  Jaimie alexander who played Lady Sif in Thor and will reprise that role in the upcoming sequel Thor: The Dark World.  She plays a warrior and did a great job in the first Thor film.  She is a close friend of Thor and gets instant credibility by being able to fight side by side with him.  From what I hear she will have an even bigger role in the sequel.  The problem here is that she is already associated with being another super hero and that might hinder the audiences ability to take her seriously as Wonder Woman.  Ryan Renolds struggled with the transition from Deadpool to Green Lantern.  There was even concern about Chris Evans playing Captain America since he had already played the Human Torch Johnny Storm.  Obviously it worked out well for Evans but it took Joss Whedon's writing and a great ensemble cast to solidify that.  His first role as Cap in Captain America: The First Avenger was rough.

They have 4 more candidates but you can check out the link at the end of the post to see the rest of their options.  I would like to share my choice for you now.

Drum roll please, my choice to play Wonder Woman in the upcoming Justice League movie and/or TV show if they can ever get their act together is..................Olivia Munn!  Yes, you read correctly, the current co-star of HBO's The Newsroom is my choice to play Wonder Woman.  She has the exotic beauty, she has shoulder length jet black hair and could easily grow it out to play the iconic hero and she has an amazing body and would look absolutely phenomenal in the costume.  From her time on Attack of the Show and The Daily Show we see she has the intelligence and the humor to bring to the role.  She has enough geek cred where the audience would totally accept her as Wonder Woman but she isn't so well known that she would over shadow the character.

As Sloan Sabbith on The Newsroom she shows us that she can be a physically imposing presence and psychologically intimidate people as well.  Conversely she also displays a completely credible emotionally vulnerable side which is a part of Wonder Woman as well.  The show is 10 episodes per season and are all shot at once so I'm sure she could be available for shooting a Wonder Woman project.

Well, what do you think of my choice?  do you think one of Screen Rant's choices are better?  Do you have a choice of your own that you think would be best?  Please leave a comment to let me know.

You can check out Screen Rant's other choices here: http://screenrant.com/wonder-woman-movie-actresses-justice-league/.