I read CityMama's review of 300 on BlogHer with great interest. As I noted in my comment on her excellent post, I had just read a story in Entertainment Weekly about the film. It seems that in Frank Miller's original comic book, Queen Gorgo appears only in passing. The director of the film, Zach Snyder, decided to amp up her role, presenting her as "a front-and-center partner to Leonidas," the leader of the 300 elite Spartan warriors who face down a Persian army of 250,000. Frank Miller, bless his heart, initially objected. He told Entertainment Weekly:

At first I very much disagreed with it… My main comment was "this is a boy's movie. Let it be that."