Charlize Theron has revealed she was offered to play mother to
Gal Gadot's
Wonder Woman
in the DC superhero origin story, a pitch she described as a 'slap in the face'. The 43-year-old actor, who is nine years elder to Gadot, shared the incident on a show.
"This is a great example of how Hollywood like slaps you in the face when you start ageing," she said, as quoted by a newspaper.
Theron recalled thinking that she was talking with someone in Hollywood to play the title role of Wonder Woman in the 2017 film.
"And I was like, 'I'm not familiar with it. What does Wonder Woman really do?' And this person said, 'No, it's for Wonder Woman's mom.'
"It was the defining moment when I crossed over. And I wasn't fully aware of it," she added.
Eventually, the role of
Hippolyta
was later played by the 53-year-old
Connie Nielsen.