Even at a time when superhero movies dominate Hollywood, is playing a spy considered a step-up from playing a comic book character? I ask because we have seen several actors make that exact transition lately — such as (to name only a few examples) the DCEU’s Superman, Henry Cavill, joining the Mission: Impossible movies and Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy’s Mantis) doing the same thing with the most recent installment, Dead Reckoning - Part One, which also starred Hayley Atwell, whose MCU role, Peggy Carter, already counted as a spy. The latest example of this phenomenon is Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot playing the lead of action thriller, Heart of Stone.
The new Netflix original movie from director Tom Harper follows a top-secret organization of highly skilled operatives called Charter, whose coveted artificial intelligence weapon — known as “The Heart” — is hacked out of their possession by a ruthless enemy. This forces Gadot’s character to embark on a dangerous mission to retrieve it before it's used for the wrong purpose. Before you use your Netflix subscription to check it all out yourself, we'll explain more about this role and that of the rest of the Heart of Stone cast in this breakdown of who plays whom and where you might have seen them before.
