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Aug. 11 on Netflix

Move over, James Bond. There's a new spy making her action film debut, and she's ready to save the world in a new way. Gal Gadot stars in Netflix's upcoming thriller Heart of Stone, and director Tom Harper tells EW he hopes that it's only the beginning of a new, female-led action franchise. The fast-paced film centers on elite agent Rachel Stone (Gadot), who harbors a secret even bigger than her career with the MI6: 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 dangerous) asset, the Heart. "She's obviously worked in the more heightened films, be that Wonder Woman, or Fast & Furious, or even Red Notice to a degree," Harper says of Gadot. "She and I really wanted to make this a more grounded character that is very much rooted to this world so that she was relatable, that she was human, that she bleeds. She has emotions, she finds things difficult. It's not straightforward. The relationships were real and there was always a sort of emotional reality all the way through." —S.B.