Dominic Cooper Coming Back as Howard Stark in AGENT CARTER Season 2
We weren't sure if Dominic Cooper would be back for the second season of Agent Carter due to the fact that he's such a busy guy these days! He's currently developing the AMC series Preacher, and he has several other projects that he's juggling. Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) has confirmed that he will indeed be back to reprise his role of Howard Stark, though. It was also revealed last week that James D'Arcy and Enver Gjokaj would be returning as Edwin Jarvis and Agent Daniel Sousa for the series as well.
I don't think Stark will have a huge level of involvement, but it will be good to see him again! While talking to Den of Geek, Atwell teased the direction that Marvel will take the series:
"I’ve not started work on it yet, but it’s been written. I do know that, one thing they have decided, is that it’s going to be set a year later. So it’s 1947, it’s going to be set in L.A., and I keep on thinking about L.A. Confidential, that kind of film noir, which would be great.
"And I think there will be a new romantic interest, um, and then I think there might also be… Well, there will be, repetition of characters. So Jarvis and Howard will be there with us again. Yeah, we can’t have a show without those guys."
Asked about the new challenges that her character would face in season two, she said:
"...she’ll have to start all over again, probably! I mean, I don’t think it’s the end for her, in terms of the struggles working in a male-dominated environment back in the forties. I think that’s going to be an on-going thing.
"And there’ll be a new nemesis, and a new female character, strong female characters. It’d be nice to – I’d like to – strengthen her friendship with Angie a little bit more, and explore that.
"Because it’s really refreshing that you get two female characters on screen who are not competitive with each other, or they’re not talking about the guys that they like. It’s quite nice to have that, so I hope that they reinforce that a little bit more."
I honestly can't wait to see the adventures of Peggy Carter continue. She's such a great character!