Evangeline Lilly talks turning down role of Wonder Woman in Joss Whedon's never-produced screenplay

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Evangeline Lilly recently opened up about turning down the part of Wonder Woman in the mid-2000s. The 43-year-old actress, who plays the superhero Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, talked about Joss Whedon's never-produced screenplay in an interview on Thursday's episode of the Happy Sad Confused Podcast. 'I had no desire [to do it],' she said on the show. 'And he could tell.' She then added that she was too young to 'be that polite' when turning down the offer almost 20 years ago.

Some people called Whedon's script sexist after it leaked online in 2017, around the same time Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot came out.

Turning down a part: Evangeline Lilly recently opened up about turning down the part of Wonder Woman in the mid-2000s (pictured February 16, 2023)Some lines that drew attention were character descriptions of women, one of which read 'middle-aged but very much in her prime.'  'It didn't appeal, and there was nothing about the meeting that like jazzed me or made me think, "Oh, I've gotta do this,"' she continued. 'Nothing clicked.

Nothing felt good.' 'I am way too authentic for my own good. I mean, it's not good. If I am not impressed, you'll know. And maybe you shouldn't know sometimes.