More casting news from the Wonder Woman NBC pilot! We already know that Adrianne Palicki, Tyra from Friday Night Lights, is starring as the title character, but thanks to the ever-impressive power of Twitter (insert Charlie Sheen joke here), we now know who will be playing the pilot’s villain: Elizabeth Hurley, surely channeling that old Bedazzled magic. Hurley broke the news last night on her Twitter account, saying she was “thrilled” about the role.
No, she’s not playing Circe or Cheetah or anyone like that, but in news that may be surprising to those who have followed reports surrounding David E. Kelley’s script, she’ll indeed be playing a character from the comics. Deadline says: “Hurley will guest star in the pilot as villain Veronica Cale, the beautiful, highly-educated head of one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the country who is afflicted with the serious deep-seated Wonder Woman envy.” Cale, of course, being a nemesis introduced in 2003 by Greg Rucka to serve as, essentially, Wonder Woman’s Lex Luthor.
March 3rd, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Interesting. Still, it begs the question as to why there hasn’t been a Wonder Woman movie yet.
March 3rd, 2011 at 6:00 pm
As soon as I saw this headline pop up in my feed, my first thought was “Veronica Cale. Has to be.” I think Cale’s a horribly underrated villain, and would be the perfect foil in a more reality-based TV show.
March 4th, 2011 at 9:05 am
Hurley is an decent choice but the villain, I’ve never even heard of. Only a few cameos here and there. What has Veronica Cale done other than look wretched in a black bra on panel?