Hayley Atwell lands starring role in Captain America spin-off Agent Carter
The London-born actress is said to be thrilled after landing the prestigious role
As Robbie Williams and Michelle Ryan et al will testify, it is notoriously difficult to conquer America.
But one British actress is about to storm the barricades, and captain the US of A.
Huge congratulations to Hayley Atwell who has just landed her own major TV series Stateside in a new spin-off to Captain America.
The London-born actress , 31, is about to start work on Agent Carter, which will be out at the end of the year.
It comes just weeks after she completed filming on the second Capt America movie, playing bolshy agent, Peggy Carter.
This is the first big US TV series for any Brit since ex-EastEnder Michelle Ryan landed the lead in short-lived Bionic Woman some seven years ago.
I’m told: “This is a massive deal for both Hayley and Marvel comic fans.
“It’s Marvel’s major project of 2014, and it will be a big budget production.
“Hayley is absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity and is incredibly grateful to Marvel fans who have basically been campaigning for a spin-off show for the past six months.
“It means moving to LA for six months but her friends and family are all behind her, and this is a huge opportunity.” In October the actress, who has previously stared alongside Keira Knightley in the Oscar-winning 2008 film, The Duchess, addressed speculation about the mooted series.
She said: “The one-shot was so successful, the fanbase were like, ‘We want more of Peggy!’
“I think Marvel probably take that very seriously, and it’s certainly something I would be a part of doing. I’d be interested to show different sides of Peggy.
“Although she’s kick-ass, and she can be aggressive and just as competent as the men, it’d be nice to show that she’s a feminist in a way.
“It’s not just about her being aggressive and as aggressive as the men in those action sequences, but being able to be a little bit more rounded as a person.”
In 2007, Michelle Ryan, then aged 22, was billed as the Next Big Thing after landing the title role in Bionic Woman.
However, she was forced to move back to England less than a year later after network bosses decided against shooting a second series.
But one British actress is about to storm the barricades, and captain the US of A.
Huge congratulations to Hayley Atwell who has just landed her own major TV series Stateside in a new spin-off to Captain America.
The London-born actress , 31, is about to start work on Agent Carter, which will be out at the end of the year.
It comes just weeks after she completed filming on the second Capt America movie, playing bolshy agent, Peggy Carter.
This is the first big US TV series for any Brit since ex-EastEnder Michelle Ryan landed the lead in short-lived Bionic Woman some seven years ago.
I’m told: “This is a massive deal for both Hayley and Marvel comic fans.
“Hayley is absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity and is incredibly grateful to Marvel fans who have basically been campaigning for a spin-off show for the past six months.
“It means moving to LA for six months but her friends and family are all behind her, and this is a huge opportunity.” In October the actress, who has previously stared alongside Keira Knightley in the Oscar-winning 2008 film, The Duchess, addressed speculation about the mooted series.
She said: “The one-shot was so successful, the fanbase were like, ‘We want more of Peggy!’
“I think Marvel probably take that very seriously, and it’s certainly something I would be a part of doing. I’d be interested to show different sides of Peggy.
“Although she’s kick-ass, and she can be aggressive and just as competent as the men, it’d be nice to show that she’s a feminist in a way.
“It’s not just about her being aggressive and as aggressive as the men in those action sequences, but being able to be a little bit more rounded as a person.”
In 2007, Michelle Ryan, then aged 22, was billed as the Next Big Thing after landing the title role in Bionic Woman.
However, she was forced to move back to England less than a year later after network bosses decided against shooting a second series.
UPDATED 01/05/2014
Try not to get too excited about these Agent Carter TV series rumors
Please take this with an iceberg-sized grain of salt: The Mirror claims that Hayley Atwell has signed the lead role and is moving to Los Angeles to film that rumored Agent Carter TV series to premiere later this year. As much as I would love this to be true, I'm pretty sure it isn't.
See, The Mirror says that Atwell is moving to L.A. for six full months to film an entire season of the show, which is where my doubt begins. Marvel isn't going to make an entire season of a TV series before finding a channel to put it on; they'd make a pilot first, and that really doesn't require a six-month commitment. Furthermore, studios don't make shows like this on the sly — given the number of people involved in making virtually any modern TV series, they couldn't if they wanted to.
The announcement of an Agent Carter series should make the trades well before Hayley Atwell would need to pack up her UHaul boxes.
But say the show is automatically going to ABC, so it's already found a home, and say The Mirror has somehow gotten the scoop before Hollywood. The biggest problem is Agents of SHIELD isn't doing so hot, so I don't know why ABC would want a show starring a lesser-known Marvel movie-verse character right now.I could easily see the show going somewhere like Netflix, but Marvel has already announced four TV series that aren't even due until 2015. So again, I don't know how or why Marvel would be trying to sneak an Agent Carter series in 2014 without some kind of announcement first.
Maybe The Mirror has their finger on the pulse of this single theoretical TV series, and we're going to get an official announcement in the new few days. Maybe Disney told ABC they're going to show as many Marvel series as Disney wants them to, ratings be damned. I'll be delighted to be wrong here.
But as the moment, I don't think I am.
[Via ComicBook.com]
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