Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman Costume Has A Lot More To It Than You Think

Published on 02/24/2022
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How She Nearly Died On The Set

There was also a time when she had a near-death experience on the set of the show. In 1976, Lynda Carter admitted to Johnny Carson that she had to jump over a car for a certain scene. They strung her up on wires, but she misjudged the distance and hit the vehicle head-on. “You got to remember this was an era where they were just barely allowing people to know there were doubles,” Epper explained when she spoke to the NPR in 2005. She added, “For many, many, many years, all the actors and actresses said they did their own stunt work.” For the actress, this was somewhat accurate.

How She Nearly Died On The Set

How She Nearly Died On The Set

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