Recently chatting with
SHH, actor Clark Gregg, whose expanding 'Agent Phil Coulson' role in Marvel's Cinematic Universe will be seen next in Kenneth Branagh's
Thor film, speaks shortly on his role, as well the experince of so-far filming
Marvel's The Avengers!
"Oh, yeah, [I thought] a small gig! And then they just kept adding scenes, and then they started adding movies, and now I'm in Albuquerque doing "Avengers" with this amazing cast. I don't know how this happens. It's not the kind of thing that normally happens to me, and yet it's been the most amazing ride. I'm just kind of kind of a goofy 14-year-old: like, "Really? Look what I get to do in this version!"
As opposed to that actor-y thing: where’s my solo film?
"No, no. [Laughs] I can't believe that they just keep putting me in them."
I don’t know if you can reveal how many, but do you have a multi-picture deal in place with Marvel?
"Yeah, from the first one, I signed up for a multi-picture deal – and they keep using them."
And you're shooting "The Avengers" now – On set, what's been the coolest thing you’ve experienced so far?
Some of the sets that they build, just some of the featured set pieces of "The Avengers," you walk on there and kind of go, "Wow – This is going to do a LOT of my acting for me." Also, you walk out there and there's Chris Evans or Scarlett Johansson or Sam Jackson and you go, "This is a superhero movie? This is an Oscar movie, with this cast."
To find out if Clark Gregg was into comics as kid, as well on his 'Agent Coulson' comic debut, head over to SHH for the full interview.
Marvel's The Avengers picks up when an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security. And Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Clark Gregg, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston & Stellan Skarsgård, the film releases May 4, 2012!