That's great!
I really loved her acting in that scene. You really felt what she was feeling.
I don't want to give any more attention to that other thread about Gal's acting, but my own opinion is that some folks can't see past the accent and the good looks. It's like they wouldn't believe Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich or Ingrid Bergman were great actresses--simply because they had foreign accents and were stunningly beautiful.
To me the greatness of the performance is that Jenkins didn't let Gal vogue--or mug for the camera. As a super model, Gadot knows how to pose for a camera that shows herself off in pleasing ways. But real actresses and actors don't do that. They don't have that kind of vanity and play the emotion of the scene for real--sometimes appearing not their most beautiful.
Mugging is one of my personal pet peeves and it will take me out of a TV show or movie. This is when an actor or actress--but more often an actress--always pulls expressions on screen that are supposed to look good. She's probably been told by others how to arch an eyebrow or pout a lip in just the right way that shows off her beauty. Even when sad and crying, she'll look good doing it. Male actors do this, too. For example, the strong silent type, who always set their jaws and squint their eyes so they look like the Marlboro Man.
I was recently on a long flight where I happened to see many other people were watching THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (not a movie that I bothered to watch) and I started to notice how certain actors played their scenes. There's one actress--Rebecca Ferguson, IMDb tells me--who was voguing in every scene. I mean that she always tried to make her face look beautiful in each shot, even when singing (and when people sing for real, they often pull strange faces). Nothing against this actresses--it could be her direction or the way the film was edited. But when I looked at Michelle Williams, in every shot I saw she was playing the emotion of the character. She's just as beautiful, but her expressions were authentic, never trying to make herself look perfect from every angle. And Hugh Jackman, while incredibly handsome, allows his face to contort in unflattering ways throughout the movie.
If you watch WONDER WOMAN and freeze the frame on certain actions--especially big fights or emotional scenes--Gal doesn't hold back, she lets you see the feeling in her face and in her body. She lets herself appear vulnerable and not always as perfectly beautiful as she could be. She's not self-aware like some screen stars seem to be, where they always pose to look great. If they have an angry face, it's a perfectly posed expression of anger; if they're in thought, it's a photogenic introspection.
That to me is why Jenkins got a great performance from Gal Gadot. She didn't let Gal be the model--she made her act. As for the accent, that helps the performance. I know many people who speak English with a foreign accent. They can't always communicate pefectly what they feel, through words. And you can see that in their faces and their bodies--the utter frustration and sadness they often feel. Just as I've felt the same emotion, when trying to communicate in a foreign language.
And this is in tune with what Wonder Woman is going through in most of the movie. She's trying to make a connection with a new people and a new place, she's never seen before. Yet she can't always do that and you can see her consternation. She wants to be understood and to understand, but too often fails in the attempt. This wouldn't have worked if Gal had spoken perfect English.