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MOVIES<br />
Laura Prepon’s<br />
Age-Old Wisdom<br />
L<br />
Favorite part about<br />
playing Charlotte?<br />
How did you bond with<br />
Sam off set?<br />
Pregnancy cravings?<br />
Prepon calls<br />
costar Sam<br />
Elliott “a total<br />
heartthrob!”<br />
THE POWER OF WOMEN<br />
Davis knew she<br />
could defend<br />
mankind. She<br />
just needed to<br />
summon her<br />
bed, I’d spin around several<br />
times, convinced this would<br />
make me Wonder Woman,”<br />
the Brit, 44, tells <strong>Us</strong>. “I would<br />
be in the dark like, ‘Just spin<br />
into it!’” Instead she transformed<br />
into a cunning sidekick.<br />
In Wonder Woman (out now),<br />
she appears as Etta Candy, a<br />
secretary who aids Gal Gadot’s<br />
titular character. Gushes<br />
Davis, “Gal is physically and<br />
emotionally strong. Those<br />
ingredients together make the<br />
perfect storm.”<br />
BATTLE OF WITS While Etta<br />
lacks the Amazon princess’<br />
superhuman abilities, she<br />
has powers of her own. In the<br />
<strong>19</strong>18-set film, “there’s pressure<br />
for women to have their<br />
say,” explains Davis. “Etta<br />
fights with her cheekiness.”<br />
Davis carried that quality into<br />
her own life: “It took time to be<br />
as unapologetic,” she admits,<br />
but, “it’s amazing.”<br />
Davis (left, with<br />
Chris Pine and Gal<br />
Gadot) says working<br />
on the film was “a<br />
magical experience.”<br />
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