By Brian Powell ·
Olga Kurylenko (Photo by: www.complex.com)
Ask any film buff to list some female movie stars who have played Bond Girls, and one would probably be surprised at the list of names people could produce. However, if anyone spouted the name of the Bond Girl in Quantum of Solace, the world would be surprised.
Despite not being a household name, Olga Kurylenko has starred
in several well-known and well-received movies in her brief acting career: Paris, Je’Taime, Hitman, Max Payne, Quantum of Solace, Centurion, To the Wonder, Seven Psychopaths, and
Oblivion.
Now, the 33 year-old actress is rumored to be testing for the role of Wonder
Woman.
According to SchmoesKnow.com
insider, The Phantom, Kurylenko is one of the front-runners to become the next
Wonder Woman on the big screen.
The rumor mill concerning the involvement of
Wonder Woman in Zachary Snyder’s Batman
vs. Superman started earlier this month when it was reported that
Thor 2: The Dark World’s Lady Sif, Jaimie Alexander, was in talks with Warner
Bros.:
Alexander had also recently spoken publicly about her desire to
see Wonder Woman return to the big screen, although her endorsement
came with certain reservations:
“You know, let’s talk about this for a second: you’ve got very
few female superheroes that are dominating films these days, unless they’re in
a skintight outfit and their boobs are pushed up to their chin. And it’s not
OK. It’s not. There needs to be a positive role model. If you’re going to make
Wonder Woman, make it like The Bourne Supremacy. You know, let’s do something
awesome like that. Alias was a fantastic show. Why can’t we do that? Why does
she have to be in hot pants and spandex and all this stuff? And yeah, I get it,
it’s visually stunning for…half of people. But at least make her grow a pair.
All she does is eat ice cream while she’s crying over a boy. I know it never
aired but that’s what the script said.”
Wonder Woman is not the only thing on Olga Kurylenko’s radar,
however. The Ukrainian-born actress has been a hot commodity lately. Currently,
Kurylenko is working with the Waldorf-Astoria on a commercial
campaign in which she portrays a world-traveler’s experiences visiting the
Waldorf-Astoria.
Kurylenko was also recently cast in the
lead role of a new supernatural/horror film entitled Mara. The film is
being directed and produced by Myles Nestle of The Solution Entertainment
Group, Steven Schneider of Room 101 (Paranormal
and Insidious),
and James Edward Barker and Scott Mann of Mann Made Films. In Mara, Kurylenko plays
the role of a criminal psychologist who is attempting to save a victim’s
daughter and herself from being killed by a demon which attacks people in their
sleep. The film is meant to explore the mythology and legends behind sleep
paralysis and Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS).
With those projects, along with several others on her plate,
Kurylenko may not have time to devote toward recreating Wonder Woman. All we
know at this point is that regardless of who is cast, Batman vs. Superman is
going to be amazing
