I certainly don't remember the Amazons have too much variety when I was watching it. I think this is mostly because most of the more prominent Amazons( other than the main stars) tends to be those body-building type. Patty Jenkins hyping up those that are boxers and etc certainly didn't help my memory.Q99 wrote:The whole crew was athletes, but they came from a variety of fields, not even mostly bodybuilders (check the backgrounds, we had an equestrian, a bobsledder, a crossfit champion, a MMA fighter, a police officer, a few models). I thought they had a good variety of builds and heights and such, personally I was impressed we had a range of body types.
Here's a bunch of the actresses
Yeah, but we're pretty much talking about a fantasy warrior race that is effectively immortal anyway. If the audience can buy an actress like ScaJo kicking ass as a super-assasin, I think they can buy actress who didn't bulk up as Amazons. This isn't to say we should have fewer top athletes as Amazons, but if not every male actor need to bulk up to be seen as warriors in an ancient/medieval era, then there's no need to expect any different for female actresses.There is a big difference between an Amazon and a soldier anyway. The Amazons all practice fighting regularly- old school, stick, sword, spear, and bow fighting. That's a lot different than someone who lives in a trench hoping artillery doesn't land on them. The Amazons aren't all going to be fit in the same way, but they're all going to be fit in a way a soldier doesn't have to be.
You have an army of top 0,0001% of female in the world acting as Amazons vs. a bunch of male extras acting as German soldiers that are merely the top 50% in the world. It kinda sends out the wrong message in some sense? Like if a woman wants to win against a guy in a fight, they need to be the top 0.0001% of the women in the whole world!