Beyonce is ready for a challenge the pop star wants to be the first actress to wear Wonder Woman's famed red, white and blue bathing suit on the silver screen.
"I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman? It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It's time for that, right?" said the 27-year-old.
Beyonce says she has met representatives of DC Comics and Warner Bros to express her interest in a major role in one of the many comic-book adaptations now in the pipeline following the massive success of The Dark Knight, Iron Man and the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises.
Her acting career to date has included a comedic role in Austin Powers Goldmember and two notable music world roles, the first as a quasi-Diana Ross character in Dreamgirls and as the defiant and heroin-addicted Etta James in the upcoming Cadillac Records.
"After doing these roles that were so emotional I was thinking to myself, `OK, I need to be a superhero'," Beyonce said last week.
"Although, when you think about the psychology of the heroes in the films these days, they are still a lot of work, of course, and emotional. But there's also an action element that I would enjoy."
The recent success of sophisticated comic-book adaptations is the main reason for Beyonce's interest, she said, but her focus on Wonder Woman was intensified earlier this year when she saw Lynda Carter's costume from the 1970s television show on display at the Costume Institute's "Superhero" show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Beyonce is in amazing shape right now, but she said the Wonder Woman costume is an unforgiving one.
"I would definitely have to keep it right for that costume. The way that Lynda Carter wore it, she was so fine. She was amazing. I saw her costume at the Met.
"Her waist was unbelievable. It was pretty crazy, actually, her proportions.
"But I love Wonder Woman, and it'd be a dream come true to be that character. It sure would be handy to have that lasso." - Geoff Boucher.
