This coming Tuesday sees the launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s second small screen offering as Hayley Atwell reprises the role of World War II heroine and Captain America’s former flame Peggy Carter for ABC and Marvel’s Agent Carter. During an interview with Channel Guide Magazine, Atwell has been speaking about returning to the fan favourite character, and what we can expect from the new show…
“Part of the Marvel Universe’s winning formula is that they respond well to their fans’ expectations of what they want, but they also take it a step further and sell it with lots of new surprises,” states Atwell. “So it’s been fun to play Peggy … someone who other people have seen as being very capable, but in this series we get to see the psychological and emotional cuffs of someone who’s living a double life and is having to adapt and keep herself afloat. I think that’s what’s kind of fun about playing her … you’re seeing different aspects of who she is that we haven’t seen before in the other movies… I think what [fans] will love probably most about the show is its sense of fun. It doesn’t take itself too seriously. There’s always a twinkle in its eye. It’s very tongue in cheek. So you’ve got these fantastic high-production sets and costumes and action sequences, which we can always expect from Marvel, but you’ve also got the humor and quality of warmth in it, which we haven’t really seen before. To me, that’s what has been what’s most fun about it, but it’s also what’s going to keep the show running.”
Asked whether she’d be interested in future appearances as Peggy, Atwell responded that: “I, for one, love playing her, so I would jump at the chance to reprise the role again and again. Since it’s set in 1946 in the first season, there’s a long way that we can go with it. We can explore the ’50s, maybe the ’60s, and right up to the present day where she’s in old age. And as we’ve seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we know that she’s had a family. She’s lived a life, and there are many adventures that she can go on, so it’s really up to Marvel, ABC and the fans to decide if that’s the story that they want to continue telling. I certainly would jump at the chance to keep doing it for the rest of my career.”
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Agent Carter gets underway on Tuesday (January 6th), while Atwell will also be back as Peggy on the big screen this May in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszH_jfuJoo8HCG1-lGjvfH2F&feature=player_embedded&v=eF_xnPWgEtI
Originally published January 2, 2015. Updated December 15, 2019.
