I looked up Gal Gadot once to figure out what her background was.

She was in a hotgirl magazine (maybe Maxim?)

She made some appearances on an Israeli soap opera.

And then someone cast her in a Fast & Furious movie on the basis of that... very limited resume. Then she had Wonder Woman and some other shit, I don't remember. And even her fans admit her acting is garbage.

Like, this is the most fast-tracked-to-A-lister I think I've ever seen in my life. Someone very powerful hooked her up because there's literally no other way to make that happen, unless you're the child of someone who is already famous (e.g. Scott Eastwood, who was also fast-tracked via a Fast & Furious movie).

A-listers are very valuable to film producers. Creating an A-lister usually takes time and a whole lot of financial investment. Producers have to be convinced that an actor can pull in the numbers at the box office, as they do NOT like taking risks with their money. If they take a risk on an A-lister and that actor don't resonate with audiences, that's a lot of money gone with little to show for it.

Someone really wanted her, and specifically her, to become A-list famous, and they wanted it bad enough to risk a massive financial loss if she wasn't able to sell tickets.