Lynda Carter on Gal Gadot: we really understand what it feels like to be Wonder Woman
For some, Carter will always be the original incarnation of the superhero, and she admits she felt a little nervous when she heard about the movie adaptation
The big-budget Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot as the lasso-twirling Amazonian princess, has just hit cinemas. Though it looks to be a hit and a potential franchise-in-the-making, for some people, Wonder Woman will always be Lynda Carter. The actress played the superhero and her alter ego, Diana Prince, on the TV version that aired from 1975 to 1979.
Since Carter retired her invisible plane, she’s gone on to voice work for video games, produced three albums (she was a singer/songwriter before she started acting, and is currently recording a new album in Nashville), and played plenty of other roles, including the president of the United States on the TV show Supergirl.
There’s been a big gap between when you played Wonder Woman and now – why did it take so long to bring this iconic character to the big screen?
They needed the voice of a strong female director who got it. Patty Jenkins was able to convince people that her vision was the right vision. She gets it. It isn’t about a caper – no pun intended – but it’s more about who Wonder Woman is inside, and the people who understand how I played her understand that.