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<p>MANILA – How did Israeli actress Gal Gadot bag the coveted role of Wonder Woman on “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”?</p><p>Appearing recently on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Gadot said she went to an audition without knowing what it was for.</p><p>“And then I had to go back to Israel for work. Then they called to say they want to camera test me with Ben (Affleck). I said, ‘Great! What am I testing for?’ They said, ‘Honestly, we have no idea but expect a phone call from Zack Snyder.’ Same night, Zack calls me saying, ‘Well, I’m not sure if you have it in Israel but did you ever hear about Wonder Woman?’”</p><div style="text-align:center"><strong>Mobile users can view the desktop version of the slideshow <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/v2/03/27/16/did-you-know-wonder-woman-previously-joined-miss-universe">here</a>.</strong></div><center><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:61.3425925926% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/-Vvty4ubZl/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A photo posted by Gal Gadot (@gal_gadot)</a> on <time dateTime="2015-11-21T08:14:27+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Nov 21, 2015 at 12:14am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></center><p>She then found herself auditioning with Affleck.</p><p>“It went great. I came back home and I was expecting to get a fairly quick answer. I waited very patiently for two weeks,” she said.</p><p>“And then I had to travel again to the States for another work and then the moment the airplane landed, I opened my phone and I saw 30 missed calls from my agents. I called them while sitting in the seat still. They said, ‘Well, you can’t say anything to anyone yet but you go the part.’ I went [screaming] and everyone looked at me. I couldn’t say anything,” Gadot shared.</p><p>But before considering herself the “luckiest girl in the world” by bagging the role of Wonder Woman, here are five interesting things about Gadot:</p><link href="~//staging.abs-cbnnews.com/CMSPages/GetResource.ashx?stylesheetname=Custom-slideshow" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><div id="nav-holder"><span id="nav-right"><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/image/lifestyle/03/27/16/did-you-know-wonder-woman-previously-joined-miss-universe-2">&gt;&gt; Next</a></span></div>

<p>But before considering herself the “luckiest girl in the world” by bagging the role of Wonder Woman, here are five interesting things about Gadot:</p>

But before considering herself the “luckiest girl in the world” by bagging the role of Wonder Woman, here are five interesting things about Gadot: