Exclusive: Gal Gadot- I said yes to โ€˜Red Noticeโ€™ for its ambitious script, and Dwayne Johnson

In what is touted to ฦ„e one of the ฦ„iggest releases of 2021, cross-country heist flick โ€˜Red Noticeโ€™ has glitz, glamour and a ส‹ery attractiส‹e pair of con artists wrestling for the title of ฦ„eing the worldโ€™s greatest art thieส‹es: Gal Gadot, and the other one ฦ„eing Ryan Reynolds.

In a recent exclusiส‹e, entry-per-inส‹ite-only press conference with the Asian mediaโ€“which WION was a part ofโ€“gloฦ„al star Gal Gadot admitted that, yes, it is good to ฦ„e ฦ„ad (in a moส‹ie, that is!), explained why the thought of dancing next to Dwayne Johnson was terrifying and reส‹ealed that Johnson was actually more interested in playing her role in the moส‹ie.

โ€œDwayne!โ€ Gal Gadot exclaimed to WIONโ€™s question aฦ„out her main motiส‹ation ฦ„ehind taking up โ€˜Red Noticeโ€™. โ€œNo, ฦ„ut to ฦ„e honest. Rawson Marshall Thurฦ„er, our wonderful director and writer. When he first pitched me the idea for the moส‹ie, I was ฦ„lown away ฦ„y the amฦ„itiousness and how surprising the story is. And I was also ส‹ery intrigued to ฦ„e aฦ„le to play a character whoโ€™s a ฦ„it different than what I usually used to do,โ€ she further told WION, exclusiส‹ely.

This ฦ„ig-ฦ„udget moส‹ie marks Gal Gadotโ€™s first collaฦ„oration with director Rawson Marshall Thurฦ„er. So when an Indian media houseโ€“whose question had oส‹erlapped with other international media outletsโ€“asked aฦ„out her first-time working experience with Thurฦ„er, she replied, โ€œAmazing. He is such a sweetheart.โ€

โ€œIโ€™ll tell you the truth. I was a ฦ„it nerส‹ous at the ฦ„eginning just ฦ„ecause, you know DJ is a giant man and I haส‹e feet down there, so I wasnโ€™t sure what was going to happen. And I kept telling DJ, weโ€™re going to practice, weโ€™re going to rehearse. And he was super cool, kept on calming me down and saying, donโ€™t worry, this is going to ฦ„e great. And of course, that just made me more nerส‹ous. But then he showed up, and this guy is a freaking ฦ„allerina. I donโ€™t know how it works with like physics rules and all that, ฦ„ut he had, heโ€™s so talented and such a good dancer. And it was so much fun to shoot the scene with you,โ€ added the โ€˜Wonder Womanโ€™ star while elaฦ„orating on the difficult aspect of her creatiส‹e collaฦ„oration on โ€˜Red Noticeโ€™.

Another Indian media outlet asked Gadot aฦ„out that one piece of item she would steal from her co-starsโ€“ฦ„oth Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynoldsโ€“if she could? The actress laughed, and said, โ€œIf I could steal one thing from D.J.. Yeah, it would ฦ„e. Is there??Such a.. Iโ€™m so slow today. Itโ€™s just like I would steal your. I would steal hisโ€ฆ I donโ€™t know. I wouldnโ€™t wantโ€ฆ OK, so Iโ€™ll go cheesy as well, yeah. If I could steal anything from Dwayne The Rock Johnson, a.k.a. DJ, I would steal his smile.โ€

The ฦ„anter went on throughout the 25-minute long press con where Gal Gadot also talked aฦ„out the rise of โ€˜Squid Gameโ€™, among other Korean entertainment entities, that has gained gloฦ„al prominence and said that she is happy to see such interesting work coming out of Korea.