Gal Gadot is a busy woman. Ahead of hosting SNL this coming Saturday and the highly-anticipated release of the secretive Justice League in November, not to mention the frenzy of this summer's Wonder Woman behind her, Gal went on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night for a night of firsts. One of the most endearing aspects of the Wonder Woman actress is how honest and raw she is about her journey through American culture as she only moved to the country last year, and has spent the majority of her life in Israel.
In the interview segment, Gal and Jimmy exchanged some candy in preparation for Halloween. Jimmy tried Gal’s favorite candy from Israel, which looks like milk chocolate with pop rocks in it. But that meant that Gal had the chance to try Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for the first time on air, and I’m honestly jealous of her for being able to have the experience of eating a Reese’s for the first time.
Gal also spoke about her eldest daughter, Alma, who is just 6 years old but apparently just as charming and intelligent as her mother. “Whenever people talk to me about Wonder Woman, she completely takes the conversation,” Gal said. “She’s like, ‘Listen, we’ve been to London, it’s been amazing. I was working on set too, but I was four or three, so I didn’t do all the takes, it was cold, and they dressed me like a poor girl so I didn’t wanna do it because I don’t want to be famous. But, honestly, every woman is a Wonder Woman, my mom is just the biggest one because she does the movie.’”
But even though she sounds mighty grown up for her age, she’s not going as Wonder Woman for Halloween. That would indeed be maybe a bit too on the nose.
Jimmy Fallon also provided yet another first for Gal Gadot: a game of charades. Jimmy and Gal formed one team and played against Miley Cyrus and The Roots’ Black Thought in a short but highly enjoyable game of charades. The far and away best part is just how good Gal is at the game. She’s first up at miming, and although Jimmy doesn’t quite understand what she’s saying, she’s expressive as hell and deserves brownie points just for that. But Gal really redeems herself when it's her turn to guess, elevating her game to mind-reading psychic levels. Check that out above.
