Having reprised his role from Captain America: The First Avenger this year for the Iron Man 3 Marvel One-Shot Agent Carter, actor Neal McDonough has been speaking about the prospect of him returning as Dum Dum Dugan in future Marvel Studios projects – specifically, the rumoured Agent Carter TV series with Hayley Atwell, which seems to be much more then a rumour judging by the way McDonough is talking about it.
“I’ll be going into the office next week and take a peek at it with the guys, ’cause they were talking about…I mean what a perfect series this would be,” McDonough tells IGN. “”You’ve got Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on now, and this would be like a 1940s S.H.I.E.L.D. It’s pretty great stuff. I would love to do it. Dum Dum’s one of my favorite characters I’ve ever played. He’s just so much fun. You know he’s just another barrel-chested, beer drinking, good guy. And I really like that. I’d have to go gain 20 pounds again. But, hey, what are you gonna do?”
And as for the chances of the bowler hat-wearing Howling Commando turning up in the present day Cinematic Universe, McDonough remains hopeful: “Nick Fury took a super serum [in the comics] and he got shot and the blood got onto Dum Dum. Then he was frozen in the 60s in a river when his wife and kid were killed, and he was woken up in the 70s or something, and Nick Fury was there to tell him the news, which just rocked his world. But he was still 40-something-years-old. He aged quicker than Nick but slower than all human beings, so he’s still around. He’s still there. So I’m praying that Dum Dum comes around somewhere soon because everyone loved Dum Dum and I love playing him.”
Originally published November 26, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
