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Celebrity News - Entertainmentwise.com: Ronda Rousey Tired Of ‘Dumbed-Down’ Female Superheroes

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Ronda Rousey Tired Of 'Dumbed-Down' Female Superheroes
Aug 17th 2014, 19:21

By Emily Morgan On August 17, 2014

The Expendables 3 star also thinks they miscast Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.

Ronda Rousey stands unimpressed with female superheroes' second-rate powers compared to their male counterparts much more awesome skill-set.

"I'm tired of watching this thing where the woman's superpower is dumbed down," The Expendables 3 star told USA Today.

Ronda makes her film debut in The Expendables 3, and will appear in the next Fast & Furios movie. (Apega/WENN) 

Ronda doesn't play an actual superhero in the Sylvester Stallone movie, but she does pack a powerful punch even the greatest superhero, male or female, would envy. She's the current UFC bantamweight champion and the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist for judo.

She had a bone to pick with a few female superheroes that need to step up their game.

"In The Fantastic Four the woman is the invisible one. In X-Men (telekinetic) Jean Grey gets tired all the time," Ronda said.

"Wonder Woman is cool, but she has bulletproof bracelets, while Superman is a bulletproof dude. It's like she has really cool accessories. I think about that a lot."

Ronda isn't the only person clamoring for greater female superheroes.

Speaking of Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot will play the DC superhero in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. She's also signed a contract with Warner Bros. for three movies, one most likely being a standalone movie.

Ronda also thought they miscast Gadot, and said she could do a better job as the sole female member of the Justice League.

"They're making a Wonder Woman right now, aren't they…I should have been Wonder Woman, man," she told the Tommy Toe Hold Show last week. "That girl couldn't curl a two-pound weight, what's so wonderful about that? I don't understand."

Gal Gadot will play Wonder Woman in at least three movies for DC Entertainment. (Twitter)

If a Wonder Woman movie does come to fruition, DC could beat Marvel to the punch with a female-driven superhero film. Speculation has grown around a Black Widow movie, starring Scarlett Johansson, but Marvel president Kevin Feige talked around the possibility when confronted by Comic Book Resources earlier this month.

"I think it comes down to timing, which is what I've sort of always said, and it comes down to us being able to tell the right story," Feige said. "I very much believe in doing it."

In addition to Black Widow, Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel has been rumored as the studio's first female-driven superhero movie.

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