During an interview with Time Out to promote her new film Dark River, British actress Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair) has revealed that she had the opportunity to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but turned it down as she felt the role wasn’t big enough.
“I did have an interview for a Marvel thing ages ago,” said Wilson. “They wouldn’t say what the part was, so I made a questionnaire for the two directors. ‘Is she a baddie?’ They said she was a bit of both. ‘Does she wear leather or latex?’ They said no. I was like, ‘EER-EEER!’ I said, ‘How many days filming is it?’ They said 14. I said, ’14? That’s not very long … EER-EEER!’ So I said no. If you want to be in a Marvel movie, you’ve got to be a baddie or a superhero. Just being the girl on the side is boring. I’d be up for being a baddie.”
As CBM notes, the fact that Wilson makes reference to ‘directors’ could well suggest that she was talking to Anthony and Joe Russo, with the Sharon Carter/Agent 13 role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier a strong possibility.
You can check out our interview with Ruth Wilson about her new film Dark River in the video below, and let us know in the comments if you think she’d be a good fit for any Marvel villain roles…
