Before Gal Gadot became Princess Diana of Themyscira, Daughter of Hippolyta, it was actress Lynda Carter who originally donned the lasso.
In 1975, Wonder Woman leapt from the pages of comic books to the small-screen for the first time and ran for four years, cementing Carter as the face of everyone's favourite demi-god equipped with truth-telling rope and bullet-proof bracelets.
After numerous failed attempts to get a reboot on track, it was only when Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot picked up the slack several years late did we get the film version we deserved.
Smashing box office expectations as well as blowing our collective minds the film was a runaway success.
Carter, who currently stars as President Olivia Marsdin on the show Supergirl, has been vocal about her support of the new franchise. She attended the film's premiere, at which Gal totally fangirled her predecessor by bowing, and even visited the UN with Jenkins and Gadot for the ceremony of Wonder Woman becoming a Honorary UN Ambassador (to raise the profile of women's empowerment and gender-based violence, remember?).
The 65 year-old recently spoke to People magazine about the plans to have her star in the first film, however, scheduling conflicts meant she was unable to take up the role.
Since the film's runaway success, there have been plenty of rumours flying around about the possibility of a second instalment and Carter mentioned she would be up for getting involved again:
'It really is up to Patty, and if it works in an organic way it'll be great fun and it'll be wonderful to do...Am I open to it? Absolutely. I adore Patty Jenkins, and it'll be wonderful to do. But we'll just see how that goes.'
We know we're getting ahead of ourselves, since the second film hasn't even been confirmed, but if this doesn't happen we will cry for weeks.
Not all of us are as strong as Wonder Woman.
Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
