DCU Wonder Woman Casting Rumor Divides Fans as Adria Arjona Pick Faces Competition
The race to find the DCU’s Wonder Woman has taken a dramatic new turn. According to a report via Fortress of DC and amplified by CoveredGeekly, Argentinian actress Eva De Dominici is now being rumored for the iconic role of Diana Prince, a casting development that has set fan forums ablaze and arrived just as audiences were settling into the idea that another actress entirely had already claimed the mantle.
De Dominici, best known for her role in ‘The Cleaning Lady’, was previously reported to be in talks to play Maxima in James Gunn’s ‘Man of Tomorrow’, and she did test for the part alongside Adria Arjona, Sydney Chandler from ‘Alien: Earth’, and Grace Van Patten from ‘Tell Me Lies’. The new rumor suggests that her involvement with the DCU may extend far beyond that supporting villain role, with sources pointing to Wonder Woman as the actual destination.
Eva De Dominici rumored to be playing DCU Wonder Woman
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This comes as fans want Adria Arjona to be cast
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Fueling the speculation, De Dominici shared a training video to Instagram with emojis depicting a woman with crossed arms and a pair of crossed swords, imagery fans immediately interpreted as a coded nod toward Diana of Themyscira. Whether it was a genuine tease or simply an actress leaning into the online buzz surrounding her name, the post was enough to send the rumor mill into overdrive.
The complication in all of this is that Adria Arjona has officially been announced as joining the DCU in ‘Man of Tomorrow’ as she has landed the role of Maxima, the powerful alien queen who is both antagonist and potential love interest for Superman in the comics. Fans had spent months championing Arjona as their preferred choice for Wonder Woman, and James Gunn himself said as recently as last year that he thought Arjona would make a great Wonder Woman, a comment that has only deepened suspicion that the Maxima label might be a deliberate misdirect.
Insider Jeff Sneider noted on The Hot Mic podcast that the original shortlist of actresses tested felt far more like a Wonder Woman list than a Maxima list, and suggested that Gunn has a history of having actors read for one role and then casting them in another entirely. A prequel HBO Max series called ‘Paradise Lost’, following the Amazons of Themyscira, is also part of Gunn’s early DCU slate, and a standalone Wonder Woman film is in development with screenwriter Ana Nogueira currently working on a script.
DC Studios has remained silent on the full details of Arjona’s casting, with Warner Bros. not even addressing it during its CinemaCon presentation, leaving fans with nothing but workout videos and emoji analysis to go on.
That silence may itself be the most telling detail of all. With ‘Man of Tomorrow’ now filming in Atlanta and set for release in July 2027, the DCU’s Wonder Woman mystery is one of the most closely watched casting puzzles in superhero cinema right now, and neither De Dominici nor Arjona appears to be ruled out just yet.
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