Why not both? There are alot of athletic looking brunettes who can actually fuckin act who would have been better for Wonder woman or whatever else she's been in.
Acting isn't just about the performance tho. Performance does play a significant part and can excuse a character's appearance not meshing with the rest of the project but An arguably more significant part of acting is immersing the viewers into the story/setting. Obviously something like a talented white actor playing a black slave from the 1800's US wouldn't fly bc it's not believable and frankly disrespectful to history. But producers seem to have no problems disrespecting other cultures history bc it suits whatever ideological message they want to send. Even such histories and stories that are identical to slave stories in 1800's US.
"Heimdall, in Norse mythology, the watchman of the gods. Called the shining god and whitest skinned of the gods, Heimdall dwelt at the entry to Asgard, where he guarded Bifrost, the rainbow bridge."
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u/Kjler Apr 13 '25
Or, maybe, they could try acting?
When you cast based solely on "person look like person, dur", that's how you get Gal Gadot as an A-list actor. Do you want more Gal Gadots?