Back in 1976, a Wonder Woman TV show was created which starred Lynda Carter in the title role. It ran for 3 seasons (60 episodes) and had a strong following until CBS decided to strengthen its sitcom offerings and was suspended from the network schedule, though was never formally cancelled. Here, Carter looks back at playing the iconic DC superhero and shares her thoughts on exactly what the character means.
"I was like every other little girl who loved to read Wonder Woman comics," the actress told DC's official blog The Source. "At the time, there weren't many strong female role models."
"And they actually offered to pay me to play her on television. Imagine that. I would have done it for free. I’d been in Hollywood studying acting and was a fresh-faced innocent in that town. I was just 24, and putting on that costume - the American flag high-cut bathing suit - was the thrill of a lifetime. I never tried to dumb her down or treat her as a two-dimensional comic book character; I had too much respect for her to do that. I played her for real."
"While I am forever identified with the role, Wonder Woman belongs to us all. She lives inside us. She's the symbol of the extraordinary possibilities that inhabit us, hidden though they may be - that, I think, is the important gift Wonder Woman offers women. In an age when femininity is casting off restraints around the world, Wonder Woman remains an important archetype."
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