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

Published on 02/24/2022
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They Gave Her A Wetsuit Instead

On the set of the show, they had a number of wardrobe mistakes with the bikini. This isn’t the kind of stuff you’d see on network television. Feld ultimately switched to a tight blue wetsuit as her underwear. On the plus side, this gear is better suited to fighting crime than a two-piece.

They Gave Her A Wetsuit Instead

They Gave Her A Wetsuit Instead

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Her Double Had To Wear It Too

Lynda Carter has her own body double for the show. Jeannie Epper, a stuntwoman, was cast in this role. However, things did not go as planned for her before the presentation. Did you know she was sacked from The Bionic Woman for having the wrong breast size? She had to wear a swimsuit when she auditioned for the role of Wonder Woman. She told NPR in 2015, “I think why it worked so well is I could move exactly like Lynda moved, and it was unlike [how] I moved. I moved more like Lindsay Wagner – more of the jock, athletic kind of running. And I just learned to become Lynda. It’s like an actor can adapt to character.” She went on, “You actually have to become an actress. And you have to be able to know how to not look at the camera and yet not look like you’re not looking at the camera, you know.” It must have helped that she and Carter were friends: “Lynda and I bonded fairly soon. I’m a watcher at first, and I want to know how actresses are going to feel about me.”

Her Double Had To Wear It Too

Her Double Had To Wear It Too

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