I think people are seeing what they want to see.
Family resemblance is one of those things fans made up and thought was necessary but isn't backed up by the source material.
The only similarity is that they're shaped like models.
Why would I want to see similarities if she's not even my first choice to play Hippolyta (and I have said I think she looks more like Hera), and having stated that I don't think Hippolyta and Diana should necessarily look alike? It doesn't matter to me if they look alike.
And "they aren't even the same ethnicity"... so what? It's not like one is black and the other is asian. Nobody can deny Monica Bellucci is similar to Gal and they aren't from the same ethnicity either.
On those pictures, they look similar. You just have to look past the hair and eye colors. They change a LOT of someone's appearance. Like others have said, they have similar facial structure.
Forget Kidman, we go with some spice up in this mutha.
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They've looked like mother daughter slightly more then when they didnt.
I would personally prefer someone who has played some kind of warrior woman or action heroine before. That would lend a greater weight to Hippolyta that she was once a warrior princess too, in the same way that Russell Crowe gave Jor El a certain gravitas.
Don't know who there is like that though who also is a big name and can act. Lena Headey could work maybe, but she's not as big a name as Nicole Kidman.
Like friggin clockwork...
I only wish Linda would give Gal props or some encouraging comments. She does not have to but it would be nice to calm the waves. Shrugs.