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you couldn't wear

any stunt padding at all.

But they did let us wear nylons.

We got to wear support hose.

Luckily, the second season,

we had flat boots.

The first year,

we did not have flat boots.

They made us boots

that were like wedgie heels.

I used to tape my ankles,

almost like a football player.

You just put on

what they give you and do it.

The dawn of the stuntwoman

is a recent breakthrough.

In those days,

there were no stuntwomen.

The men donned dresses and wigs

and fell off horses.

Due to the affirmative action

of the seventies...

women were given the opportunity

to perform all the stunts.

Now, mind you, by this time...

Jeannie had already proved herself

with the guys.

Being a stuntwoman

didn't delete from my femininity.

I better warn you--

I got a black belt in karate.

But I had the competitiveness--

to compete not with other women,

but to compete with other men...

other stuntmen.

There were

very, very few women back then...

that could hold council with the men.

They were told what to do

and where to do it and where to go.

As we grew, and there became

more and more of us...

we decided to bond together

and represent ourselves.

So, we started our own group.

Girls, we need to move on.

Actually, we have four girls

who are up for new membership.

I would rather bring somebody

into the group...

who's been well-established

and has paid their dues--

their ass off in this business.

You know what?

I don't think enough girls

in the group are working as it is.

I'm not, I know that.

And to get more girls in

and to have them work...

You know, God bless them,

they're working.

But you know what?

We need to work first.

You know, if excellence

is what we're presenting out there...

then we have to bring in excellent girls.

- Meeting adjourned.

- It's adjourned.

- Bye.

- Meeting adjourned.

I was a size 34A...

and I'm a 34B+/C, so...

But I did do it for me,

and as you can tell...

it's not very big and not overly done.

- Well, it took you a while because--

- Hopefully, it looks nice, you know?

- They look great. Who did them?

- Doctor Pector.

Doctor Pector did your pecs, huh?

Yes. He's done

three other stuntwomen, too.

Oh, wow.

Well, I remember

a lot of doctors wouldn't do her...

because she didn't want to go as big...

as they were saying

you should go, because--

When I went into interview

for "Wonder Woman"...

they made all of us girls

come in in bathing suits.

You're not really ever you.

You're mostly somebody

that's more beautiful than you are.

You're somebody

that's younger than you are.

You're somebody that's...

probably got a better figure

than you have.

Jeannie was just

the most giving, gracious...

insecure...

person.

I think there were probably

a lot of women on the periphery...

that were younger, taller, you know?

It's very cut-throat.

The producers get younger,

the directors get younger...

and we look like

antiquated old antiques coming in.

My friend May called and said,

"We got to get this liposuction done".

Getting a little nip and tuck

and work done...

is definitely to help us keep on working.

Under a normal job, a normal desk job...

you might be off just a couple of days.

Jumping off of buildings...

wrestling around on the ground...

you know, maybe you wouldn't

want to do anything...

for two or three weeks...

because it'll be sore

when you're rolling on it.

What we want to do is see

what you look like in your clothes...

- OK.

- and what we wouldn't want to change.

- You'd want to take it right out of here.

- OK.

You'd want to take it out of your thighs.

And then you'd want to take

a small amount out of your hips.

- OK.

- And a lot out of the waist.

You might benefit

from some of this work...

if you want to fix that.

What about the stuff

that grows on your arms?

Are my arms that bad?

I'm not sure you're really ready

for the type of procedure...

where you'd actually have an arm lift.

But there is such a thing.

And the incision would be made

up the inner side of the arm...

and then right in here.

So, you'd have a little visible scar...

and that could be tightened there.

- The fee for that is 2,750.

- OK.

If you want me to do

the lipo-surgery on your cheeks...

it's only another $750 to do that.

It's actually a pretty reasonable price.

- Have a good one. Bye.

- You, too. Bye-bye.

So, it was a good price.

But, darling, here, didn't have to go,

"Oh, it's a good price!"

Come on, let's get out of here.

Well, this is the week...

New Zealand must lose its most

successful make-believe heroine.

The final day of shooting for

"Xena:
Warrior Princess" is tomorrow.

There's a slight feeling of unease...

about when you're on the precipice

of a huge change in your life...

and you don't know what's coming.

There's a little bit of that.

But mostly, we're really proud

to have been through so much together.

I think we can take Zoe off the wires.

For a few years now,

Zoe's been asking me if she's wrapped.

I think this time

we can unequivocally say...

"Yes, Zoe, you're wrapped".

I wore the wig probably more than

I ever wore my own hair, you know?

And then to never be wearing

the wig again...

and to take the costume off

for the last time was just bizarre.

Three, two, one, the end!

The end!

That stuff was just so...

a major part of my life.

And then for it

to all disappear all at once...

I don't know,

it kind of felt like the ground...

being whipped out from underneath me.

Like, I knew to expect it...

but I don't really think you can

prepare yourself for that sort of thing.

Look at that one.

That's classy, isn't it?

Makes me get all gooey.

Quite a few people have asked me

if I'll go overseas or whatever.

And it's one of those things where

my mum, my dad, and my brother...

are my three best friends ever,

I imagine.

Look at them holding hands.

The idea of leaving New Zealand

to pursue my career...

totally excites me...

but it also freaks me out...

because they won't be coming

on that one, you know?

We now have a remarkable story

of friendship, love, and devotion.

Emmy and Tony-award winning

actor Ken Howard...

has come through

a long and harrowing medical ordeal--

one that almost cost him his life.

It was saved just two months ago

by a kidney transplant.

The donor--

his good friend Jeannie Epper.

I know you were devastated

when you found out...

that you couldn't, in fact,

give one of your kidneys.

It was not a good day. Not a good day.

Jeannie called the next morning

and said...

"Well, I want to be tested. I'll do it".

So, I think that's the way

stuntwomen think. She said...

"Well, I'll just step in

and do the stunt for you"...

which is a real act

of friendship and love.

It's just the right thing to do.

It felt right when Linda said

she couldn't do it.

And I hung up the phone,

and she was so hysterical.

I thought, "Gosh, I could do that".

- It's a wonderful story.

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