{"id":59333,"date":"2025-04-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/?p=59333"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:24:38","slug":"meet-our-spring-cover-star-gal-gadot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/art-culture\/meet-our-spring-cover-star-gal-gadot-040359333","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Spring Cover Star: Gal Gadot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What\u2019s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of&nbsp;<em>Snow White<\/em>? It probably goes something like, \u201cmirror, mirror\u2026,\u201d right? Sure, a fair maiden with pure motives and crew of dwarf pals is worthy of adulation, but it\u2019s actually the Evil Queen\u2014with her absurdly elongated, spell-casting nails and obsession with eternal vanity\u2014who gives the fairytale its meme-worthy resonance in today\u2019s postmodern Internet era.&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"smagt-in-article-repeating\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"smagt-1130507680\"><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\"><\/script>\n<script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<\/script>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3753584046645-0\">\n  <script>\n\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tgoogletag.defineSlot( '\/1057191\/smagtest_300x250', [300,250], 'gpt-ad-3753584046645-0' )\n\t\t.addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true);\n\t\t\t\twindow.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers || {};\n\t\tconst timers                     = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers;\n\n\t\ttimers['gpt-ad-3753584046645-0'] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\tconst id = 'gpt-ad-3753584046645-0';\n\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t}, 1000 );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotRequested', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\ttimers[id] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}, 2500 );\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotResponseReceived', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif ( ! ev.slot.getResponseInformation() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\twindow.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener = true;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tgoogletag.enableServices();\n\t\tgoogletag.display( 'gpt-ad-3753584046645-0' );\n\t} );\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the 2025 live-action reimagining of the 1937 animated classic, starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rachelzegler\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rachel Zegler<\/a> as Snow White and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gal_gadot\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gal Gadot<\/a> as the latest bad girl to join the Disney villain canon. Gadot\u2019s Evil Queen is darker, sharper, and a little campier. \u201cShe\u2019s super theatrical and grand. You know it, and she knows it. We really took her to the next level,\u201d Gadot tells me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet Our Spring Cover Star: Gal Gadot\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1064903162?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s super theatrical and grand. You know it, and she knows it. We really took her to the next level,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>When I reach the Israeli actress at her home in Los Angeles, she\u2019s briefly in repose, sipping her morning coffee in UGG slippers before the rush of her day begins. Like any mother of four young girls, Gadot rarely stops moving. But unlike any mother of four young girls, she\u2019s also juggling three films\u2014one she\u2019s just about to start shooting (a gripping thriller called&nbsp;<em>The Runner<\/em>), one she\u2019s about to start promoting (<em>Hand of Dante<\/em>, a Julian Schnabel-directed mob drama co-starring Al Pacino, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/martinscorsese_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martin Scorsese<\/a>, Jason Momoa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gerardbutler\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gerard Butler<\/a> and Oscar Isaac) and one that has thrust her into the spotlight of the Disney cinematic universe. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m in constant \u2018on\u2019 mode, but it\u2019s amazing,\u201d she tells me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-10.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-10-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-10-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1-10-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Full look by McQueen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I greet her in my best Hebrew, which has become something of a running joke with my family, who poke fun at how rusty it\u2019s gotten over the years. Not Gadot, though\u2014she\u2019s amped. \u201cOh my god, that\u2019s amazing!\u201d she says as I stumble through it. Her warmth radiates through the phone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2-9.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2-9-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2-9-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2-9-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&nbsp;Full look by Prada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This down-to-earth, family-oriented side of Gadot stands in striking contrast to the journey that propelled her to stardom. After winning a beauty pageant at 18\u2014which led to a string of modeling gigs\u2014Gadot moved to the U.S. in 2008 to pursue a career in law. But then came an unexpected twist: a casting director searching for the next&nbsp;<em>Bond girl&nbsp;<\/em>noticed her striking presence and action-ready skills. She didn\u2019t get the part, but the audition put her on Hollywood\u2019s radar. Soon after, she was cast as the fearless Gisele Yashar in 2009\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Fast &amp; Furious<\/em>, a role that ultimately paved the way for her entry into the DC Universe as&nbsp;<em>Diana Prince, first as a character in 2016\u2019s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/em>, and then as the lead in 2017\u2019s landmark,&nbsp;<em>Wonder Woman<\/em>, and its 2020 sequel,&nbsp;<em>Wonder Woman 1984<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0-8.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0-8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0-8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0-8-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0-8-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Full look by Miu Miu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gadot\u2019s latest role in&nbsp;<em>Snow White<\/em>&nbsp;is an exhilarating departure. \u201cI\u2019m used to playing the heroes. They always do the right thing, they always live by the right values,\u201d she says. To prepare for the role, Gadot dove into Evil Queen psychology and even found university courses devoted to the jealousy-riddled mother-daughter dynamic between her and Snow White. \u201cI tried to find a way to portray her not as a plainly evil person, but to actually find the humanity in her. She\u2019s insecure and threatened,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I played her, I actually believed she was doing the right thing, even though we all know she doesn\u2019t.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But back to&nbsp;<em>Wonder Woman<\/em>\u2014the first big-budget superhero film both female-led and directed by a woman (Patty Jenkins), and one so successful it didn\u2019t just break records; it rewrote the playbook. With $822 million at the box office, it proved audiences were more than ready for a female-driven action epic. \u201cTo see such a strong woman that is capable of so many things but also has the compassion, empathy, and warmth that we as women have within us, is something that we all needed,\u201d she says. \u201cI was the lucky one that got to wear the boots, but it\u2019s actually not about me, it\u2019s about everything this character stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5-6-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Full look by Louis Vuitton.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Off-screen, Gadot has been a vocal advocate for feminist causes such as the #MeToo movement, the fight for gender parity and reproductive rights. In December, Gadot shared her near-death experience from earlier in the year during her fourth pregnancy on Instagram. In her eighth month, after weeks of excruciating headaches left unchecked by her doctors, she was diagnosed with a massive brain blood clot and underwent emergency surgery. Unsure she\u2019d survive, she named her daughter Ori, meaning \u201cmy light,\u201d hoping the baby would be her light at the end of the tunnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/6-3-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&nbsp;Full look by Louis Vuitton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, Gadot recovered and went public to raise awareness of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, which affects three in 100,000 pregnant women over 30, yet is scarcely talked about. Women flooded her DMs with similar experiences, many of whom also had trouble accessing the care they needed. \u201cIt took me time to be ready to share what I [had] been through, and at a time when there are so many tragedies and so many people are going through hardships, I didn\u2019t want people to think I was feeling sorry for myself,\u201d she says. Instead, it was about pulling back the curtain on issues that women experience every day. \u201cIn Hebrew you say that if you save one soul, you save the whole world,\u201d she says, resolute on spreading the word and encouraging others to advocate for their own health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"59353\" src=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7-3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7-3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"59350\" src=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-5-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-5-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">LEFT: Dress and shoes by Dior; ring and earrings by Tiffany &amp; Co.; RIGHT: Skirt, jacket, and bralette by Max Mara; necklace and ring by Tiffany &amp; Co.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!--slider 4 code-->        <div class=\"gallery-overlay\">\n        <div class=\"gallery-header\">\n            <div class=\"title\">\n                <h4>Meet Our Spring Cover Star: Gal Gadot<\/h4>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <button id=\"menu-hamburger-gallery\" class=\"is-active hamburger-hover hamburger hamburger--spin\" aria-controls=\"primary-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <span class=\"hamburger-box\">\n                <span class=\"hamburger-inner\"><\/span>\n            <\/span>\n        <\/button>\n\n             <h4 class=\"gallery-counter\"><span class=\"count\">1<\/span>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<span class=\"total\">2<\/span><\/h4>\n        <div class=\"overlay-wrapper\">\n\n            <div class=\"gallery-slider left white-text\">\n\n                        <div class=\"gallery-slides\">\n        <img class=\"slide\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7-3-683x1024.jpg?wsr\" data-caption=\"\" data-desc=\"\" data-id=\"59353\"\/><img class=\"slide\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/smagazineofficial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4-5-683x1024.jpg?wsr\" data-caption=\"\" data-desc=\"\" data-id=\"59350\"\/>    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <asside class=\"right\">\n                <h4 class=\"gallery-caption white-text\"><\/h4>\n                <div class=\"gallery-description white-text\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"gallery-widget white-text\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/asside>\n        <\/div>\n        <!--overlay-wrapper-->\n    <\/div>\n    <!--gallery-overlay-->\n    \n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such a clich\u00e9, but age is just a number. The more time I spend on earth, the more I trust myself, and the more I feel good about myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst her advocacy, Gadot has also been reflecting on her own personal journey. As she turns 40 this spring, she feels a deep sense of gratitude and growth after a challenging year. \u201cIt could be because of the year I\u2019ve been through, [but] I\u2019m feeling grateful for all that I have, for being healthy, and for having the family that I have,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s such a clich\u00e9, but age is just a number. The more time I spend on earth, the more I trust myself, and the more I feel good about myself.\u201d Maybe it\u2019s perspective that is, indeed, the fairest of them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photography by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/celestesloman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celeste Sloman<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lairdandgoodcompany\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laird and Good Company<\/a>)<br>Styling by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/annaannasusu\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anna Su<\/a><br>Makeup by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jentioseco\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jen Tioseco<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aframe_agency\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A-Frame Agency<\/a>)<br>Hair by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bridgetbragerhair\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" 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