Summary
- Netflix unveils final trailer for Heart of Stone, an action-packed film starring Gal Gadot as Agent Rachel Stone.
- Gal Gadot hopes Heart of Stone will launch a new James Bond-style action franchise.
- Gadot was drawn to the gritty, raw, and suspenseful nature of the story, with its twists and turns.
Netflix has unleashed the final trailer for the upcoming action outing, Heart of Stone, which is due to debut on the streaming platform tomorrow. Coming courtesy of the official Netflix YouTube channel, Heart of Stone finds Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot in the lead for this explosive tale of “rip-roaring action” and “adrenaline-fueled espionage with twists and turns.” Check out the final trailer for Heart of Stone below.
Introducing Gal Gadot as Agent Rachel Stone, “one of the most exciting action heroes of our time,” Heart of Stone will center on the elite agent, who harbors a secret even bigger than her career with the CIA: She's the only woman who stands between an ultra-mysterious, powerful, global, peace-keeping organization the Charter, and the loss of its most valuable - and most dangerous - asset, the Heart.
Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders, The Aeronauts) from a screenplay by Greg Rucka (The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures) and with a story by Rucka, Heart of Stone will star a supporting cast that includes the likes of Jamie Dornan (The Fall, Fifty Shades of Grey), Alia Bhatt (Highway), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Death on the Nile), Matthias Schweighöfer (Army of the Dead), Jing Lusi (Crazy Rich Asians), Paul Ready (The Terror), Jon Kortajarena (A Single Man), Matteo Cicconi, and Angela Esposito alongside Gadot.
Gal Gadot Hopes Heart of Stone Launches a New Bond-Like Action Franchise
Gal Gadot has high hopes for Heart of Stone, with the actress, who is known best for starring in the DC cinematic universe as superhero icon Wonder Woman and starring alongside both Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds in Netflix’s Red Notice, eager to launch a new James Bond-like action franchise. “I realized that there was an audience for a female action protagonist,” Gadot said recently. “I grew up watching Bond, and Mission, and Bourne. I wanted to create a really strong, female-driven action movie that is for everybody, not a male story that’s been done many times already.”
Gadot has also revealed what drew her to the role of Rachel Stone while speaking exclusively with MovieWeb. “It's funny, because I feel like beforehand, the roles kind of found me,” she explained. “With Rachel, I was looking for her. I was so passionate to tell a story like this, but in a different tone, much more grounded, much more gritty and raw. And you know, that just simply excites me.”
Not only did the raw grittiness of both the character and story at the center of Heart of Stone attract Gadot, but so did the many twists and turns of this tale of espionage. “I love the suspense, the twists and turns, the drama, the scope, everything about them,” she continued. “I love getting into a movie and going through a journey, and feeling like I've been all around the world and come back, closer than being delivered or in the theater.”
Heart of Stone is scheduled to be released by Netflix on August 11, 2023.