James Gunn Shoots Down ‘Wonder Woman’ Casting Theory

There is no one more determined to address and kill fake news items and rumors than DCU head James Gunn, so much so that it’s almost become a full-time job for him. Now, he’s turned his attention toward a recent rumor about the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, something that did not exist when he first laid out his DCU plans after coming aboard.

There’s a theory that Gunn is eying Andor actress Adria Arjona to play Wonder Woman due to the fact that he follows her on Instagram. But Gunn said that isn’t what happened here:

“I follow Adria on Instagram but everybody came out [and said], ‘He just followed her, that means she’s Wonder Woman,’” Gunn told Extra. “She was in a movie that I made seven years ago. We’ve been friends and have known each other since that time. I followed her then, I didn’t just follow her.”

That said, it’s not a knock against Arjona, and he’s also giving her a vote of confidence:

“She’d be a great Wonder Woman, by the way,” he said.

Of course, it’s up to Gunn who gets cast, but would he go with Arjona when she’s been rumored for this role publicly, and he’s talking about it openly? Normally I’d say no, but with James Gunn, he’s hard to predict.

In addition to the Instagram thing, the general consensus is simply that Arjona looks like Wonder Woman and would be great in the role. She’s Puerto Rican, not Greek, but neither was the last Diana, the Israeli Gal Gadot.

Arjona is also the girlfriend of Jason Momoa, the DCEU veteran who will now enter the DCU playing Lobo in the upcoming Supergirl movie and other projects. Gunn has a history of casting those close to him, and between that connection and, more importantly, their apparent status as “best friends,” I mean, are you not going to give your best friend a role she would be great in, that you just publicly said she’d be great in?

The DCU is a really out-there experiment in relative openness with Gunn and the polar opposite of the MCU and its much quieter head Kevin Feige. Not that he never talks, but he’s a churchmouse compared to Gunn, who makes news almost every other day with some bit of news or rumor rebuttal.

This is only part of a rumor rebuttal, dismissing the Instagram theory. But in the process I think he revealed that Arjona as Wonder Woman could be a real possibility regardless.

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