Gal Gadot has recently reprised her role as Wonder Woman in the highly anticipated superhero flick, Wonder Woman 1984.

In the movie, she fights crime in the 1980s, and although she looks great on screen in her iconic costume, it didn’t always fit her well.

In fact, she recalls “almost dying” after she tried it on for the first time.

Even though Gadot has played the role of Wonder Woman for several years now, she wasn’t always very knowledgeable about the character.

Growing up in Israel, she wasn’t too interested in comic books and wasn’t familiar with Wonder Woman’s story.

She said, “Growing up I knew of Wonder Woman, but I didn’t know much about her.

I wasn’t a big comic book fan.”

When Gadot was cast for the Wonder Woman role, it was met with surprise and criticism from certain people.

Although there are various reasons why people may not have liked her for the role, she thinks it’s really because of her physical features.

She said, “I had too small of b–bs.

That’s a big problem.” While Gadot would prefer that people focus on more important qualities, such as her ability to act, she understands how the movie business works.

“They really paid attention to the important part,” Gadot said sarcastically.

After successfully landing the role, Gadot was called in to try on the Wonder Woman costume.

Although she was beyond excited to be involved with the project, the costume itself caused some problems for her.

She said, “A day after I was told that I got the part they let me wear the Wonder Woman suit for the first time, and I almost died because it was really, really tight.

Really tight, like, really, really tight.

But I didn’t say anything because I was so happy.”

Even though she seemed fine on the surface, the production crew eventually realized that the suit didn’t fit her.

She said, “But then I lost air and then they figured it was too tight,” Gadot said, laughing.

Although Gadot is a world-famous actor today, she had no intention of becoming one earlier in her life.

Initially, she was interested in becoming a lawyer but started getting attention from casting directors after participating in the Miss Universe pageant.

She said, “I wasn’t an actress back then.

This casting director flew from England to Israel and she was looking for the [James] Bond girl.

When my agent told me about that I was like, ‘No way I’m gonna audition, I’m studying law and international relationship, and way too smart and serious for being an actress.’”

Even though she had no interest in acting initially, she realized how much fun it could be after going to a few auditions.

She said, “I had a callback, and another callback, and another, and throughout this process, I realized that ‘G–damn, acting is so much more fun than going to law school.”

Gadot’s success as an actor is evident as she plays the lead role in Wonder Woman 1984.

Despite having some difficulties with the costume, she has managed to overcome them and bring the character to life on screen.