1984's Original Wonder Woman Cameo Means Lynda Carter Exists On 3 DC Earths - Screen Rant

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Thanks to Wonder Woman 1984, Lynda Carter officially exists across three different Earths in the larger DC multiverse. Diana Prince is finally back as Gal Gadot's DCEU sequel was released in theaters and on HBO Max on Christmas. But it appears the Patty Jenkins-directed film had more than one Diana in the latest installment, so to speak. During the post-credits scene, Carter makes a wonderful cameo that became an iconic moment for the Wonder Woman franchise. While Gadot was the first actress to ever bring Diana Prince to the big screen, Carter has been recognized and beloved for her portrayal of the iconic Amazonian heroine. In the '70s, Carter starred in the TV series Wonder Woman, which captured the world and continues to do so decades later.

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While the show lasted for three seasons, Carter's Wonder Woman series has become a huge part of the pop culture as well as the character's overall legacy. Even though it took longer than it should have for Diana to get her cinematic debut, Gadot's franchise has been one of the most beloved aspects of the DCEU. The success of Wonder Woman 1984 inspired Warner Bros. to officially fast-track Wonder Woman 3 with Jenkins returning to the director's and writer's chairs. But following Carter's surprise cameo, the iconic actress now exists in multiple worlds that are part of Warner Bros.' massive DC live-action multiverse. Thanks to the CW's Arrowverse, the last crossover helped solidify Warner Bros.' live-action DC properties from the past, present, future on both the big and small screens.

During the five-part TV event "Crisis on Infinite Earths," multiple worlds that belonged to various DC TV shows and films were referenced and shown, thereby confirming that they all exist in the same multiverse. While the original multiverse was ultimately destroyed, Oliver Queen rebooted it as the Spectre while also creating new Earths as well as restoring a few past ones. Because of the Arrowverse, everything Warner Bros. has and will do based on DC properties, even if they take place on their own Earths, is all connected through the multiverse, including the DCEU. Since they established that, it means Carter's Wonder Woman 1984 reveal isn't the only character she plays in the DC multiverse. Here is every character that Wonder Woman star Carter has played across Warner Bros.' DC live-action properties.

Earth-76 Wonder Woman

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While several past DC actors made an appearance in "Crisis on Infinite Earths," there were attempts made to get Carter to reprise her Wonder Woman in the crossover. But as viewers saw for themselves, Carter never appeared in the five-part event that changed the Arrowverse forever. Whether it was due to budget or scheduling, it was certainly something the Arrowverse creators tried to make happen. However, just because Carter's Wonder Woman didn't show up in the televised crossover, that doesn't mean the Arrowverse writers didn't find a way to make her series canon in their Multiverse. Arrowverse EP Marc Guggenheim co-wrote a "Crisis on Infinite Earths" tie-in comic, Paragons Rising, that had two storylines that involved other Earths that the TV event couldn't show.

One of the Earths that the comic visits is an Earth-76 that briefly sees Diana changing into her Wonder Woman suit and including her famous costume change spin. Given the similarities to Carter's iteration of the DC heroine, Guggenheim was able to make her show officially part of the Arrowverse multiverse. Even though that Earth got destroyed by the Anti-Monitor, it's very likely that in Guggenheim's head-canon, Earth-76 was restored similarly to Smallville whose Earth still exists post-Crisis. It's hard to imagine that the Arrowverse would ever kill off someone as iconic as Carter's Wonder Woman, especially off-screen since not every viewer did read that tie-in comic. Even if it might be years until Carter ever reprises her Wonder Woman in live-action, at least her incarnation does exist as part of Earth-76.

Earth-Prime President Olivia Marsdin/Durlan

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Wonder Woman is confirmed to exist in the Arrowverse despite not making a single appearance on any of the shows. However, before Earth-38 (Supergirl's world) was destroyed in the Crisis, Carter did make her way into the Arrowverse as a different character. One of the big additions for Supergirl season 2 was when Carter was cast as the President of the United States who was a recurring guest character for three seasons. However, as the Arrowverse is known for, there was a big twist to Carter's character Olivia Marsdin. During the second season, Olivia was revealed to be a Durlan, an alien who had come to Earth to find refuge there after her world was enslaved.

While Olivia managed to build a political career that landed her in the White Office, she used her presidency to create the Alien Amnesty Act. But after she was revealed to be an alien in Supergirl season 4, Olivia had to resign and she has only been referenced since then. Even though Olivia hasn't shown up on Supergirl or any of the other Arrowverse shows post-Crisis, it seems that her history on Earth-Prime is pretty much the same as it was on Earth-38. Perhaps, if fans are lucky, Carter's character will make one final return to Supergirl during the sixth season before the show comes to an end.

Earth-DCEU Asteria

Wonder Woman 1984 Lynda Carter Asteria Cameo

Last, but not least, Carter's latest endeavor in the DC Universe came in Wonder Woman 1984. During the history lesson of the Golden Eagle Armor, the film tells the story of Asteria, a great Amazon hero that fought an entire army on her own so her sisters could reach Themyscira. All the Amazons gave up pieces of their armor that were then used to create the Golden Eagle Armor. Thanks to it, Asteria was able to hold off the army singlehandedly, thus becoming a legend among the Amazons. For a brief moment during the flashbacks, Asteria's eyes are seen as she is taking on the army. While Asteria was believed to have sacrificed herself, it turns out that wasn't the case.

In Wonder Woman 1984's post-credit scene, it follows a mysterious dark-haired woman in a blue cloak as she is walking in a city. Out of a sudden, a pole almost falls upon a mother and her baby before the mystery woman stops it with just one hand. As the mother follows her to thank the mystery hero, the woman turns around to introduce herself and it's Carter, who reveals herself to be Asteria. When asked how she was able to stop the pole, Asteria evasively responds it's just a "shift of weight" that takes practice, echoing Diana's excuses from earlier in the movie. But Asteria's serious answer is that she has been doing this for "a long time" before turning to and winking to the camera before the credits start rolling again.

What this reveals is that not only was the legend of Asteria real but that she is living among the human civilization in secrecy. It's unlikely that Jenkins will leave this unresolved for Wonder Woman 3 and beyond. With someone as iconic as Carter and what she has done for this character, it would be a massive disappointment if Asteria and Diana somehow aren't together in the next installment or even in the already-in-development Wonder Woman 4. If Grant Gustin and Ezra Miller's multiverse Flashes could share the screen together for a minute, it shouldn't be difficult for Wonder Woman and Asteria to come together. Whatever is in store for Asteria after Wonder Woman 1984, Lynda Carter made into not one, but three different canon DC Earths.

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