You Probably Did Not Know This About The Wonder Woman Costume Worn By Lynda Carter

Published on 06/08/2021
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They Gave Her A Wetsuit Instead

On the set of the show, they had a lot of wardrobe malfunctions with the bikini. This is not the sort of thing that would suit network television. Feld later made her underwear a tight blue wetsuit instead. On the bright side, this outfit is better suited for fighting crime compared to 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 had her own body double for the show. This was a role taken up by a stuntwoman called Jeannie Epper. However, things did not go smoothly for her before the show. Did you know that she lost her job on The Bionic Woman because she had the wrong breast size? When she tried out for the part in Wonder Woman, she needed to appear in swimwear. In 2015, she told NPR, “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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