Lynda Carter Has a Secret Identity (And It Isn’t Diana Prince!)

AfterElton.com: You know, I really loved your new CD.
Lynda Carter: Thank you very much!

AE: We get a lot of material here, and I was very pleasantly surprised by how good it was.
LC: I get that a lot. I did music all my life, it's kind of what I did, but it wasn't something anybody knew me for. I started singing professionally at 14. That's how I earned enough money to move to California and study acting, and get into that. That’s what I started with.

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AE: You're absolutely right. It's not fair of people to have expectations because you're famous for one thing, but you happen to have this other talent.
LC: No, no, no! I think it's totally fair. I totally get it. That was more my point. I do get it.

AE: I have very vivid memories of your TV specials when I was younger. I re-watched them before talking to you, and I didn't realize because I was too young at the time to see how really daring they were.
LC: They really were! Looking back, I think the same thing.

AE: Was this your idea? How did this come about? And how were you able to get this on TV?
LC: I had been singing, and when I got famous, it took it into a whole new arena. When they found out I could sing, I played Vegas and I did tours all over. Then CBS saw me, and that was the time before MTV, and we approached it in that way, a very MTV way, where it was more about vignettes, the story about the song more than concert stuff. We did have concert things in it, but we really did these vignettes. It was great. You're right, I was very lucky to be able to do that.

AE: The guest stars you had! Was this a deliberate effort to reinvent yourself?
LC: No. It was right during Wonder Woman, and it was really to broaden and take advantage of the fame in other areas. I got the offer to do it and I wanted to make them very special. It was more about taking advantage of opportunities.