Gal Gadot shares powerful, star-studded cover of ‘Imagine’ amid COVID-19 scare

Gal Gadot and her celebrity friends attempted to lift people's spirits amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

In an incredibly star-studded song cover posted on her Instagram, the “Wonder Woman” star sang the first line of John Lennon’s “Imagine,” followed by a number of Hollywood actors including Natalie Portman ("Black Swan"), Mark Ruffalo ("Avengers"), and Amy Adams ("Woman in the Window").

Also in the video were comedians Will Ferrel, Kristen Wiig, and Sarah Silverman, as well as late night host Jimmy Fallon, singer Sia and supermodel Cara Delevingne.

 

 

 

 

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We are in this together, we will get through it together. Let’s imagine together. Sing with us ? All love to you, from me and my dear friends. #WeAreOne ....... #KristenWiig #JamieDornan @labrinth @james_marsden @sarahkatesilverman @eddiebenjamin @jimmyfallon @natalieportman @zoeisabellakravitz @siamusic @reallyndacarter @amyadams @leslieodomjr @pascalispunk @chrisodowd @hotpatooties #WillFerrell @markruffalo @norahjones @ashleybenson @kaiagerber @caradelevingne @anniemumolo @princesstagramslam

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Mar 18, 2020 at 4:49pm PDT

Gal explained that she chose the song for its "powerful and pure" message of unity.

She was also inspired by a video of an Italian man playing the same song on his trumpet on his balcony as the country implemented strict home quarantine measures amid the coronavirus pandemic.

On March 12, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus as a pandemic.

Since the virus first emerged in December, more than 230,780 cases have been detected and 9,827 people have died in 158 countries and territories around the world, according to an AFP tally based on official sources as of 1800 GMT Thursday.

After Italy and China, where 3,245 have died out of 80,928 cases the hardest hit countries are Iran with 1,284 deaths and 18,407 cases, Spain, with 767 deaths and 17,147 cases, France with 372 deaths and 9,134 cases and the United States with 150 deaths and 9,415 cases.

In the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) has reported 217 confirmed cases as of Thursday afternoon, along with 17 reported deaths.

—Margaret Claire Layug/JCB, GMA News