A Campaign Emerges For An ‘Andor’-Sourced Wonder Woman

Andor has finally started airing its second season after several years, and with it comes the return of all its fan-favorite characters, including Adria Arjona’s Bix Caleen.

Arjona’s Bix made headlines this past week as she fought off (content warning) a sexual assault by an Imperial officer, with the first time the word “rape” appears to been uttered in Star Wars history. Some say this is a sign of Andor continuing to tackle tough issues the rest of Star Wars doesn’t, and others think that shouldn’t be a topic touched on in Star Wars at all, ever.

But now that Andor has returned and Arjona is back in the conversation, we’re seeing a new movement that says that she should be cast as the DCU’s Wonder Woman, to the point where she’s been asked about it, and recently told CinemaBlend:

“He gave me my first movie ever… my first studio movie. So I owe him a lot. I love James Gunn… I don’t know.”

She’s referring to The Belko Experiment, the 2016 thriller that was written by James Gunn. But this is sort of the point. In addition to simply…looking like a potential Wonder Woman, she already has a connection to James Gunn, who has been known to cast actors through such personal connections. She is also dating Jason Momoa, who is already suiting up to play Lobo in the upcoming DCU Supergirl movie, with more planned past that, most likely.

It’s often said that fancasting doesn’t work, but it’s already worked once in the DCU for a major Justice League role. That would be the case of Aaron Pierre, who starred in the excellent Rebel Ridge on Netflix, which caused many to say he seemed like a perfect John Stewart. A month later, after a series of auditions, he was cast in Green Lantern and is about to star in his own HBO show.

I’ve seen some pushback about Adria Arjona not being Greek (she was born in Puerto Rico), but the last two major Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot and the famed Lynda Carter, were not either. I don’t think this is going to be a necessary consideration.

The one catch for all of this is…is the DCU even casting a Wonder Woman any time remotely soon? None of the upcoming projects we know about seem to be including Wonder Woman. There is supposed to be a show called Paradise Lost set in Themyscira planned in the DCU, but it would take place before Wonder Woman existed as a hero. So the DCU simply may not need a Wonder Woman for a long while, whether Arjona is great for the part or not.

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