LA Times Wonders If Beyoncé's Super Bowl Halftime Show Was An Audition For 'Wonder Woman'

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• stanford | March 9, 2013 10:18 PMReply

  She needs a acting coach, her ego may overshadowed the character , and she going have to read lot dc comics or watch justice league unlimited, because it takes a lot of dedication to portray the Wonder Woman, this is not like singing hip hop or sponsoring cosmetics. She really have to stay the character and lots of imagination. She have the legs, but she needs get a little more inside. That why Henry Cavill landed the role as man of steel Superman.

• Chad | February 6, 2013 12:23 PMReply

  Why does she have to be diana prince. She could be some one who takes diana place . That is not that far fetch. Wonder Woman is a beautiful woman . So is beyonce . Maybe one of the most beautiful woman in the world . With Wonder Woman on screen in limbo why not give beyonce a shot. With a good script and origin story on how she got to be the princess of power it could work

• Troy | February 5, 2013 9:11 PMReply

  Since when did superhero movies require great acting. No superheroes even getting nominated. The bad guys are usually the better actors. Beyonce is a big star and big draw. To me that is the only thing that should matter make the role and movie as big as possible. Movies are rarely ever that good and action hardly ever are. I would rather see her play it than any actress over 40 who some on this site always suggest for roles. Men just have to look the part, the only way a women can look the part is if she already has a major fan base. Name a relatively unknown minority woman and many people will tell you why she isn't badder than Beyonce. Then some will ask in what way. She is top 3 of all female stars in any industry.

• BluTopaz | February 6, 2013 7:15 AM

  That's right, all Black female performers stay home because Beyonce is still alive. And unless Wonder Woman's origins are re-written with her hailing from Texas, Bey is still not automatically qualified for this role by default. #Fail.

• Nadell | February 5, 2013 12:09 PMReply

  Gosh no! Just leave it alone, Beyonce...
  I've always seen perhaps Gina Torres as Wonder Woman.

• Donella | February 5, 2013 11:57 AMReply

  Beyonce is a much better singer than actress. J-Lo is a much better actress than singer. Someday, it'll all work out the way its supposed to.

• Marie | February 5, 2013 11:54 AMReply

  So not happening.

• Josh | February 5, 2013 11:49 AMReply

  She can be Cheetah.

• Anti-believer | February 4, 2013 9:15 PMReply

  She needs acting lessons before she step up that high. Stick to your mediocre music style.

• QBN | February 4, 2013 8:44 PMReply

  Wonder Woman had a Black sister named Nubia at one point in the comics, she could play her..

• Miles Ellison | February 4, 2013 8:22 PMReply

  The protests and hate mail campaigns are being organized by the white racist geek lobby as we speak.

• QBN | February 4, 2013 8:45 PM

  Yep, same ones that celebrated when Black Panther and Storm got divorced, after they had been campaigning for that for years.

• AccidentalVisitor | February 4, 2013 7:50 PMReply

  Hmmm. I'm not exactly sure which comic character Beyonce would be a no-brainer to play although I'm sure some would say Storm.
  
  She would be a bad choice for Wonder Woman btw. I hate to unleash my inner geek but Wonder Woman, Diana Troy, was created/born in the image of the ancient Greeks (in theory at least since I'm assuming not too many of those Greeks had blue eyes). You could give a better justification for casting a black Superman (since Kal El comes from the fictional planet of Krypton) than you can for casting a black woman as a character who is supposed to look like a Greek amazon. The world no more needs a black Wonder Woman than it does a black James Bond imo. I think Beyonce may ahve missed out on an opportunity with Uhura although she isn't a comic book character.
  
  By the way with all of these male superhero characters dominating the screen the lone female superhero who may have a chance at being a franchise character is Wonder Woman. It would be hypocritical of Hollywood to suddenly get "progressive" by considering a woman of color to play the lone superheroine icon, when that same Hollywood would never consider a man of color to play one of the two dozen iconic white superheroes that they are interested in making films about or rebooting.

• blaqbird | February 5, 2013 2:32 PM

  I'm surprised no one brought up the fact that Linda Carter played WW and she is Latina...so....

• Monkeysuit | February 5, 2013 2:17 PM

  @Blutopaz Basically. Us women have to support our men. Can't be successful until the men show us how. Ridiculous.

• I think Beyonce could pass off as Greek. | February 5, 2013 10:19 AM

  There are some darker skinned Greeks, and they have that same ethnically ambiguous look that Beyonce has.
  Angelina Jolie is playing Cleopatra (a black woman), Beyonce should be able to play Wonder Woman.

• BluTopaz | February 4, 2013 10:48 PM

  @ Monkeysuit: That is the issue AV has not yet worked out with his therapist. Black women artists receiving positive acknowledgement means nothing, because Black male actors who could be di*# swangin' and bedding White lasses on screen should be our main priority as a community.

• Miles Ellison | February 4, 2013 9:45 PM

  It's a comic. Pump the brakes.

• monkeysuit | February 4, 2013 9:31 PM

  And wtf is a Greek amazon? Smh....

• monkeysuit | February 4, 2013 9:28 PM

  Let me get this straight. It's hypocritical to have a woman of color as a lead super hero role because men of color haven't had their chance yet? Get the fuck out of here with that nonsense.

• Akimbo | February 4, 2013 7:49 PMReply

  LMAO. No, LA Times, that was just Beyonce doing what she always does: rocking the fuck out. Beyonce is nowhere near an actor, so she's never going to be Wonder Woman; maybe a fellow Amazonian at best. How about Attack of the 50 Foot Woman? Does that role require much dialogue or just a lot of sexy stomping around?

• Akimbo | February 6, 2013 9:29 AM

  No, it doesn't, actually. Halle wasn't an actual crackhead, she portrayed one. Because she's an actor. Beyonce is not. You can argue that Berry isn't a great actor, but she can act circles around Beyonce. So can Solange, Malin Ackerman, Tyra Banks, Lauren London, Stacey Dash, LisaRaye and Nene Leakes for that matter. That's how bad Knowles is. The only worse actress is Alicia Keys.

• Troy | February 5, 2013 9:01 PM

  Makes as much sense as Halle starting out as a crackhead and a ratchet to end up portraying cat woman and Storm.

• E Forde | February 4, 2013 7:41 PMReply

  I would think if Bey Bey was ever to play a comic book character she'd be a lock for Barbarella.

• Kevin | February 4, 2013 6:48 PMReply

  She'd be great at playing Princess Snooze A Lot cause she does the same thing over and over and is not very interesting anymore and because she refuses to remove herself from CHRONIC oversaturation. That's a DC comic character isn't it? smh

• Troy | February 5, 2013 8:59 PM

  Yes it is every single character created for comics by desperate writers. Only so many ways to be a hero.