Gal Gadot is set to play Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr in a new TV series.
The ‘Wonder Woman’ star is close to finalising a deal to portray the actress-and-inventor in a project for Showtime, which she would also executive produce.
Israeli-born Gadot, 33, is working on the project with her husband Jaron Varsan, who will act as a producer, and ‘The Affair’ co-creator Sarah Treem, who has entered talks to pen the project.
Although Showtime will not officially comment on the potential series,
President of Programming Gary Levine did tell Deadline: "If it comes together, we will be extremely happy."
Hedy landed a movie contract in Hollywood in the 1930s after she met Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head Louis B. Mayer, and her screen success came after she had fled her first husband Fritz Mandl, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer previously.
The ‘Boom Town’ star was once dubbed the most beautiful woman in film but away from the cameras she was a talented inventor and she helped develop a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes during World War II and her inventions eventually went on to become modern day WiFi and GPS.
Gal Gadot set to play Hedy Lamarr in new TV series
