STILL Game favourite Matt Costello was left in a spin when he started his career as a teenage joiner on the TV classic Wonder Woman - and ended up with a role in the Hollywood reboot. Glasgow-born Matt, who played cult character Stevie the bookie in the BBC sitcom, left Scotland for Los Angeles in the late 1970s finding work as a young carpenter on the comic book telly series. 6 Pedro Pascal and Matt Costello in Wonder Woman 1984.
6 Matt Costello helped to build sets on the original Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter. 6 Matt then appeared in the reboot with Gal Gadot. 6 Matt has now joined the cast of And if You Know The History with Alyson Orr, Jerry Taylor and Kyle Gardiner.
Credit: LES GALLAGHER In the US show actress Lynda Carter would spin on the spot to transform herself from alter ego Diana Prince into the skimpily dressed superhero. But life went full circle for Matt when he landed a part as the personal chauffeur for villain Maxwell Lord - played by Madolorian star Pedro Pascal - in the Gal Gadot blockbuster Wonder Woman 1984. Matt, who lives with wife Helen , 51, and their two sons Cooper, 17, and 15-year-old Casey, says: “I was in France with my kids and my wife on holiday when I got the call for a part in a ‘Hollywood thing’.
“All they could tell me was its working title was The Magic Hour. I needed to cut the holiday short, drive from France back to Glasgow , then jump a flight to London . READ MORE SHOWBIZ DEAD GOOD I'm in Hollywood film but didn't tell .
