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But for the show, they couldnt figure out how I would make the change.
Try that, superfellas.
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She has continued to make her voice heard in other ways too.
Im always working on something new, she says.
CARTERI was very young.
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Just the whole idea of a superhero .
I grew up in the era of women who were young and vibrant during World War II.
My mother said, Oh, you’re free to do anything that you set your mind to.
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And when they needed us, we were right there.
The character resonated strongly with that audience.Its the idea of intelligence as well, inner strength.
…It is about thinking much more than might.
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We contribute a different element to life around us than men do.
When we look at countries that suppress womens rights, I think that they are missing the point.
Women have so much to offer.
Thats at the core of the character.
Shes strong, shes smart…Shes just intrinsically good.
Shes about truth and people doing the right thing and not for personal gain or profit.
Thats why shes got her Lasso of Truth.
Okay, lets just cut the bulls.
You dont want to tell me the truth?
[Laughs] Okay, here we go.
You brought many of your own ideas to the character.
What do you think was important for the audience to see?It was about feminism and womens rights.
[The producers] got a lot of blowback for that.
But I said its ridiculous to dumb [Diana] down.
Shes not wearing something over her face.
You dont suspend belief that [Diana and Wonder Woman are] not the same person.
I wanted to make her smart.
Still, Carter was one of only a few women on-set.
CARTERThere were no other women on the set besides the script supervisor and myself.
The hair people were usually women, but there were no makeup women there were makeup men.
[Before that,] they didnt have women doing stunts, they had men doing stunts in wigs.
I dont see how that would have worked.No.
The hair was popping up the top, and they were very uncomfortable in tights.
And their bodies [didnt look right;] I dont care how far away you got the camera!
Have you ever regretted accepting the role?No, no, no, no.
It was a breakthrough for women on television.
It was a breakthrough certainly for my career.
I always talk about Wonder Woman.
(Wonder Womans U.N. tenure ended in December.)
CARTERAll this stuff about costumes Oh, its exploitive and blah blah blah.
Give me a break.
You cant say that the sock in the pants of Superman wasnt.
Thats a womans body.
We are all that.
Weve always been that, but were also every other shape and color and size.
Its not our problem [what we look like], its yours.
I am a woman.
This is how I look.
Im smart, and Im this and Im that as well.
I dont understand the threat that women represent.
Were not a threat.
We complete the whole picture.
Their brain goes one direction, and mine goes another.
They do think differently than us.
I, for one, always expect my husband to read my mind.
CARTEROver a period of quite a few months, we talked on the phone.
We were so much on the same page of the interpretation of what embodies this character.
[Wonder Woman is] not thinking shes all that.
Shes powerful, but…
Shes sensitive.Right.
I think they wanted to distance it from anything I did in the past.
They have gone back to more of a historical story, which I think is good.
What do you hope to see in Gal Gadots version of Wonder Woman?I like her.
I just hope its successful, thats all.
I think shes probably pretty kick-ass, and its a whole new way to empower women.
Were women, and we relate to one another in a very human, sisterly way.
I hope youll be fighting for us for many years to come.No ones going to keep me down.
