The actress who gives life to Wonder Woman has two girls and is married to a real estate businessman who admires her independence and practices equality and respect in their relationship.
When Gal Gadot starred in the first installment of Wonder Woman, the heroine who sets out to stop the First World War, in 2017, behind the film there was more than a premiere waiting to fill the bag with a good collection. The attentive gaze of Hollywood in need of keys to find a new path at a time when unequal wages and the industry's treatment of men and women were increasingly vociferous and unacceptable rested on the film and its protagonist. The heroine was not just fiction, she was also a symbol of a whole generation of young viewers waiting for female protagonists capable of representing them in new roles and attitudes.
The Warner Studio test went well in every way, it became a symbol of female empowerment and raised 821.8 million dollars (more than 677 million euros) when it had cost about 140 to carry it out. The stubbornness of her director, Patty Jenkins, and the pull of the actress who brought her to life, Gal Gadot, showed that Hollywood rules could have a more diverse horizon without hurting profits. Just a few days ago, the second installment, Wonder Woman 1984, was released, and at the forefront is the same interpreter who starred in Catharsis three years ago: Gal Gadot, an Israeli who knows what it is to fight because she served two years in the Forces Defense of Israel as a sports instructor.
“The movie came at a time when people wanted to see something like this. Patty and I were two women who cared a lot about the project, and that attitude was embedded in the film's DNA. I want my daughters [Alma, eight years old, and Maya, three] to grow up with role models who show them their potential. They can be whatever they want to be, ”Gadot has said about the background beyond her role.
The actress, who is 35 years old, is of Israeli origin, and at 18 she won the title of Miss in her country she came to represent Israel in the Miss Universe 2004 contest, where she managed to reach the group of finalists. She began studying Law and International Relations at the same time that she was working as a model and her forays into the world of acting began. Her first international role came in the Fast & Furious saga in 2009 and in 2016 she played Wonder Woman for the first time in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
In 2018 Time magazine included her in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2019 she was included in the list of the highest-paid actors and actresses in Hollywood. Sources familiar with the sector assure that for the new installment that has just been released, the Israeli company has received 10 million dollars, just over 8.2 million euros.
Now, in addition to being a millionaire, Gadot seems comfortable in the role of her feminine and powerful reference, a place that she has faced from her faith in human beings and that calming effect that those who have treated her have highlighted about her. When she became known for Fast & Furious, she preferred to marry businessman Yaron Varsano and stay in Tel Aviv rather than move to Los Angeles. The couple met more than 10 years ago at a party in the Israeli desert where all the encounters were about yoga, chakras, and healthy eating. They got married in 2008 when he already had a name in their common home country in real estate. Her travels and continual hotel stays increased her desire to feel at home wherever they were and inspired the philosophy of the hotel he created and invested in, The Varsano, owned by Jaron and her brother Guy. The establishment was sold in 2015 for 22 million dollars and was acquired by the Russian investor Roman Abramovich.
According to the actress, he told her on her second date that she "was serious and that she was not going to wait more than two years" to ask her to marry him. They both decided that their relationship should be simple and not complicated and neither is afraid to show what they feel for the other or to give up part of their lifestyle to support each other. This is how it happened when the opportunity came for the interpreter to play Wonder Woman and the family moved to Los Angeles. “I am so lucky to be married to a strong and independent woman. She is my companion, my friend, my lover. Our relationship is based on equality and mutual respect. Her goals are just as important as mine…” he wrote on Instagram on International Women's Day.
Together they have founded their own production company that already has a first project: a biographical film about the actress Hedy Lamarr. Wonder Woman 1984 may or may not be a success again, but the protagonist of it has embarked on a path in which everything remains to be done and she wants to be one of the women who lead the necessary push to achieve it.
