AGENT CARTER & CAPTAIN AMERICA Star Hayley Atwell Is Hesitant To Reprise The Role Of Peggy Carter

AGENT CARTER & CAPTAIN AMERICA Star Hayley Atwell Is Hesitant To Reprise The Role Of Peggy Carter

It's been a while since Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter had a significant role in the MCU, and while many fans hope she will reprise the role, the actress has revealed whether she is willing to make a return.

By VHernandez - Jun 25, 2018 10:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Agent Carter
Source: ComicBook.com
When Hayley Atwell made her big debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, she quickly became a fan-favorite. Her popularity would even help lead to an Agent Carter serieswhich still has a loyal fan base that hopes the show will be revived.

Despite this, however, Atwell has yet to reprise her role in live-action since the final episode of Agent Carter Season 2. So, as you can imagine, many fans have begun to wonder if she will ever return to as Peggy Carter.

However, the actress addressed this possibility during a recent appearance at Ace Comic Con Seattle, where she took part in a Q&A.


"I wouldn’t have thought starting off in my career that that would happen. You do one character for however many months and then you go and do the next," Atwell told the fans in attendance. "So I think it’s an unusual position to be in — it would be very unusual to have the choice to do that again."

The star also took the time to discuss what Marvel would have to do with the character to pique her interest:


“I wouldn’t want to go over old ground. It would have to be new, there would have to be higher production value so she could do more. I’d have to feel like it’s not just, you know, ‘a case a week with Peggy Carter.’ If she’s had an impact on audiences, let that impact grow, so it delights them, but I think it should be to do with more of the current climate now. What are smart issues to bring up? How to create any sort of kind of social weight, an emotional kind of gravitas to the show.”

Atwell then went on to clarify her overall attitude toward the prospect of returning to the role saying, “So I think on the principle of it, if somebody approached me with it, I would be appropriately kind of tentative about it.”

In all, it doesn’t sound like Atwell is too eager to bring Peggy Carter to life once more but is definitely game if the story is right. Whether this rules out the possibility of Peggy returning for Avengers 4—which is something many fans have speculated on since set pics suggested the film might return to World War II—is unclear.

So, what do you folks make of these comments? Do you want to see Hayley Atwell back in action as Peggy Carter? Share your thoughts below.
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HulksPenis
HulksPenis - 6/25/2018, 10:26 AM
this makes HulksPenis very sad.
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 6/25/2018, 10:28 AM
I would watch another season of Agent Carter if they ever make one.
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 6/25/2018, 11:59 AM
@Pantherpool - SAME!

Longmire did it, they could too!
JK
JK - 6/25/2018, 10:28 AM
Noooooooooooo
Ronan3Accuser
Ronan3Accuser - 6/25/2018, 10:31 AM
AC1
AC1 - 6/25/2018, 10:33 AM
Makes sense, I can imagine when actors are cast in these roles that aren't necessarily the lead characters then continually reprising the role becomes more of a chore each time if the next project isn't as interesting as the last of not moreso.
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 6/25/2018, 10:34 AM
Nebula
Nebula - 6/25/2018, 11:49 AM
@Pantherpool - Perfect woman.
TheSanitizer
TheSanitizer - 6/25/2018, 2:51 PM
@Pantherpool -
Now....you see...can Chris Evans claim sexual assault? I mean...she’s groping him and he looks very uncomfortable...
Just sayin’
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/25/2018, 10:41 AM
Let her stay dead. She was great but her storyline is over.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/25/2018, 10:51 AM
@regularmovieguy - How is her storyline over? Her show literally ended with an unresolved cliffhanger.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/25/2018, 11:01 AM
@MrDandy

I’m talking about the movies. She dead. Gone.

I watched S1 E1 of Agent Carter and that was all I needed for that show. Same thing with AoS.


PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/25/2018, 10:44 AM
PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/25/2018, 10:51 AM
@ExpertlyMediocr - It is. I’m really wondering how much role she has in the movie.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 6/25/2018, 11:47 AM
@PantherKing - Holy shit, younger Janet looks so much like Hope.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/25/2018, 12:16 PM
@BlindWedjat - She loooks more like an older Hope
JamesPunn
JamesPunn - 6/25/2018, 4:09 PM
@BlindWedjat - I actually thought I was looking at Hope for a second. I love when parents and children don't look drastically different in movies.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 6/25/2018, 10:44 AM
She seems to be talking more about reviving the show with that "case a week" thing...

I do hope she is seen in Avengers 4, regardless, as she would have already filmed any such scenes.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 6/25/2018, 5:33 PM
@Chewtoy - I think they are doing more reshoots right now. I actually find it interesting how they are handling Avengers 4. Initially filmed almost back to back with Infinity War they then had a lot of time to sit back and assess the end result of the official Infinity War cut, Ant-Man and the Wasp and what is being filmed for Captain Marvel right now and have plenty of time to engage in reshoots for the Avengers 4 to modify things with the main bulk of the film already long in the pocket.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/25/2018, 10:48 AM
She had more screen time than Sharon Carter. She’s a great actress I would like to see her in another mcu project like externals or GOTG vol 3 as quasar.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/25/2018, 10:56 AM
@ExpertlyMediocr - I like Natalie Dormer. I see her more as Thena from Eternals as Phyla Vell but I wouldn’t be mad if she got the role.
KingEmperor
KingEmperor - 6/25/2018, 12:29 PM
@ExpertlyMediocr
Natalie Dormer was already in ‘Captain America: TFA’.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/25/2018, 12:32 PM
@KingEmperor - Yeah it doesn’t matter
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/25/2018, 10:50 AM
Don't be hesitant! Return for Agents of SHIELD S6 and finish of the Agent Carter arc. That or come back for a Netflix Agent Carter film. Both will work, but we need out Peggy fix.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/25/2018, 10:59 AM
"Gimme mhu motherf*cking money biaaatch" :P
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