Pro-Palestine protesters have been ordered to stay away from Gal Gadot when she films in London after allegedly disrupting filming on a movie shoot.
Eight people have been charged under the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992 after reportedly interrupting filming on the set of her new movie, The Runner.
The legislation prevents individuals blocking access to workplaces and was originally created in a bid to tackle unruly picket lines during strikes.
It comes as shoots for the movie featuring the Israeli actress, 40, in Westminster and Camden, as well as other locations, were disrupted over multiple days in May.
Protests included demonstrators wearing Palestinian keffiyehs who reportedly banged on metal saucepans lids on Waterloo Bridge.
It is also alleged they used sirens and yelled chants, while Palestinian flags and slogans such as ‘Trash Gadot not welcome in London’ and ‘Stop starving Gaza‘ were waved.
Gadot previously voiced her support of Israel after the proscribed terrorist organisation Hamas attacked her native country on October 7. She has also previously served in the IDF.
Anthony Molloy, 68; Thomas Mummery, 31; Anika Zahir, 48; Ghazala Muhammad, 60; James Cooper, 73; Muhammad Khaled, 22; Jacob Harwood, 24; and Pedro Baptista, 45, are among those charged. None have yet indicated a plea.
All face accusations of conducting themselves with a ‘view to compelling another person to abstain from filming, which that person had a legal right to do’.
Pro-Palestine protesters have been ordered to stay away from the Gal Gadot when she films in London after allegedly disrupting filming for her movie The Runner
Ms Gadot, pictured with her Hollywood Walk of Fame star, has seen her attempts to film repeatedly besieged by protestors who have accused her of ‘normalising war criminals’
On Thursday at Westminster Magistrates Court, the accused were bailed on the condition they did not come within 200 metres of filming for The Runner.
The movie featuring Gadot and Damien Lewi movie centred around a lawyer, played by the Israeli actress, who rushes in a bid to save her kidnapped son.
All cases have also been adjourned until November 18 of this year, it was heard.
In June, following the arrests, Superintendent Neil Holyoak from the Metropolitan Police said: ‘While we absolutely acknowledge the importance of peaceful protest, we have a duty to intervene where it crosses the line into serious disruption or criminality.
‘We have been in discussions with the production company to understand the impact of the protests on their work and on any individuals involved.
‘I hope today’s operation shows we will not tolerate the harassment of or unlawful interference with those trying to go about their legitimate professional work in London.’
Kate McFadden, a solicitor with Hodge Jones & Allen, who is representing four of those charged maintained the accused ‘peacefully protested, in a public place, against a film production involving Gal Gadot.’
She added that they abode by their rights to expression before adding how she believed the charges ‘disproportionate, unnecessary and unlawful interference with their rights’ and would be defended ‘wholeheartedly’.
According to The Times, the Israeli actress debated leaving the capital city and was left ‘scarred’ due to the protests, however filming for her upcoming movie has continued to go ahead.
Last May, Gadot’s star on the Hollywood walk of fame was also vandalised after the words ‘baby killer’ was sprayed on the slab.
The alleged protest came after a string of controversies that have marred her latest Disney film, Snow White, including claims of a feud between her and Rachel Zegler.
Meanwhile the remake later hit another snag after Lebanon banned the film from its cinemas nationwide.
While Gal is said to have got on well with Rachel Zegler during filming, it is thought their relationship froze when Rachel started sharing her pro-Palestine views.
The Middle East nation made the move because of actress Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen in the box office bomb.
She is also on Lebanon’s boycott list because of her past service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and her vocal support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
Lebanon has previously banned other Gadot movies including Wonder Woman and Death On The Nile over the star’s nationality.