LOS ANGELES: “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” sees two iconic superheroes do battle on the big screen but a female character — Wonder Woman — is the real role model for youngsters, star Gal Gadot said Friday. The 30-year-old former beauty queen said ahead of the March 25 US release of the hotly anticipated blockbuster that she had never planned to be an actress and felt grateful to be telling her character’s “amazing story.”

“I have a four-year-old daughter and she adores princesses. At the same time she would tell me ‘the princess, she’s so weak.’ She falls asleep, the prince will come and save her and kiss her and he’s the hero,” Gadot told reporters in Los Angeles.

“So I am so happy I’m going to be the one who’s going to tell the Wonder Woman story. It’s such an important story... But I also think it’s so important for girls — and boys — to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.”