Recently, actress Elizabeth Henstridge (Jemma Simmons) let slip that the entity that took control of Ward's lifeless body in the Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fall finale was actually Hive: a tentacled mass of parasites that can take over and control a human host, and was created as a Hydra experiment in the comics.
Because it wasn't officially announced we had to take it as a rumor (after all there's always the chance Henstridge was mistaken), but now producer Maurissa Tancharoen has confirmed to Nerdist that Grant Ward has indeed become the Marvel villain.
"[Hive] is going to have its own unique twist and be very different from what fans have seen so far," she explained. "We will see similarities that pay homage to the original character, but fans will see that Hive is taking an exciting new direction in the world of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.IE.L.D.”
Are you looking forward to seeing Brett Dalton bring life to a very different kind of antagonist for the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? The show returns on Tuesday, March 8 at 9/8c on ABC.
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