Hayley Atwell will reprise her popular role as Peggy Carter in Marvel’s next original movie, Ant-Man.
When Hayley Atwell was cast as Captain America’s commanding officer and love interest Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, it’s likely that she thought the role would be a one-off, given that the character was set in the 1940s.
Fast forward to 2014, and Atwell has lined up her fifth different appearance of the fan favorite character. After reprising her role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, getting her own spinoff TV series in Agent Carter, and reprising the role yet again in next summer’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, the actress will return to the role yet again in Ant-Man.
The Peggy Carter will be in Ant-Man news got out through a casting call in Atlanta, where the film is shooting. The casting call was on ProjectCasting.com (via SlashFilm) and reads:
“NLC is searching for an experienced stand in for Haley Atwell. She is 31, 5’7?, 112 lbs. This will work in November on a Sunday. Please submit to [email protected] with your headshot, age, height, weight and sizes. Must have experience. Thanks.”
Earlier in the year Latino Review reported that she might have a cameo in the film alongside Agent Carter-era Howard Stark, Armin Zola, Alexander Pierce, and Hank Pym at S.H.I.E.L.D. Ant-Man has undergone several rewrites since then, but if Atwell is in it, it’s probable that Dominic Cooper and Toby Jones will be as well (alongside whoever they cast to play young versions of Pierce and Pym). John Slattery has already been confirmed to be playing an older Howard Stark in the film, but the timelines wouldn’t appear to match up.
With public opinion not as high on Ant-Man as some of the other Marvel films in the pipeline, this is a great idea to get people excited. The whole Edgar Wright situation was nothing but bad press for Ant-Man, so it’s great to see interesting things like this that bring some excitement towards the film.
Ant-Man will star Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Judy Greer, Michael Peña, Corey Stoll, and John Slattery.
You can see Atwell reprise her Peggy Carter role in Agent Carter in January, in Avengers: Age of Ultron on May 1, and in Ant-Man on July 15.
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