Lynda Carter, who starred as TV's Wonder Woman (1976-79), will be cinched into another snug bodice this fall for Hawkeye, a syndicated TV series set on the American frontier. "I thought I'd lost Wonder Woman 15 years ago, but here I am, back in a corset," says Carter, 43, who has also become reacquainted with the misconception that she is married to Roger Altman, the embattled deputy treasury secretary, who recently resigned. (Her husband of 10 years, lawyer Robert Altman, was acquitted last year of fraud charges in the BCCI scandal.) "When Robert was going through his thing, Roger was a shining star, and people got them confused then," says Carter. "Now Roger's in the hot seat, and people are asking me if that's my Robert. Mostly, though, people say, 'Oh, I've heard all about your husband. He's a senator, isn't he?' "
THE BOND PLAYS ON
A newly studly, stubbly Pierce Brosnan hasn't had much luck eluding his 007 alter ego—even in Hong Kong, where he's grown a mustache and Vandyke for his role in Night Watch, a romantic thriller. "I've been called Mr. Bond a lot," says Brosnan, 41, who's sorry he can't keep the beard when he steps into James Bond's brogans next year. "I love the look. It makes me [feel] more like the villain than the hero." The actor owes his recent on-set heroics to the Chinese art of fêng shui, which brings man into harmony with his environment. On two previous movies Brosnan made in Hong Kong, a local fêng shui man was called in to bless the set and bring good luck. But this time the custom wasn't followed. So when he found himself hanging perilously from fourth-floor scaffolding during a scene, Brosnan prayed aloud. "Please be with me, oh, fêng shui gods!" called the father of three. "I have children to support."
LEG MAN
Terence Stamp, the handsome hero of 1962 's Billy Budd, now peers out from mascaraed eyes as Bernadette, the sardonic transsexual in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. "Cross-dressing has been around at least since Shakespeare," says Stamp, 55, surprised to be the king (and queen) of summer camp in this sleeper about a drag act touring the Australian outback. "It would be nice if greater androgyny were the next big social development. It would make relationships easier." Stamp's act in Priscilla may revive his career, which lately has consisted of playing minor roles, such as the bad guy in movies like The Real McCoy. "I'm sure Hollywood will say, 'We knew he was a great villain; now we know he's got great legs.' I live in hope."
FIGHTING TRIM
British actor Ralph Fiennes packed on 30 pounds to play the heavy in Schindler's List. Immediately afterward he started filming his role as trim, handsome TV contestant Charles Van Doren in director Robert Redford's Quiz Show, opening this month, so Fiennes found himself battling the bulge. "I've never been fat in my life, and now I had these fat cells," says Fiennes, 32, who adhered to a low-fat diet for one month. "The worst was no dessert." Well, maybe not the worst. "I was given the services of a trainer who had me doing aerobic exercises for two to four hours a day," says the Londoner, adding that workouts kept him from sampling the nightlife in New York City, where Quiz Show was filmed. "Is there nightlife in New York?" asks Fiennes. "I was dead at night. All I did was sleep. But I got to keep pulling my trousers in."
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