Hayley Atwell Would Love to Play Peggy Carter in the Upcoming AVENGERS Movies - "There's So Much More That Peggy Can Do"

Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter has been a small, but consistent character in the MCU since the early days. She first appeared in Captain America: The First Avenger, and went on to play the role in her own Marvel One-Shot, as well as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, her own short-lived series Agent Carter, Avengers: Endgame, where we got to see Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) go back in time to spend his life with her, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, where she was ruthlessly cut in two, and she voiced Carter in the animated series What If…?.

So what’s next for Peggy Carter? Atwell hopes that she will return in some capacity, as she sees Carter as a majorly underserved character. The actress explained in a recent interview with Den of Geek:

"There are so many things that she could do, there’s so much more I feel I can bring to a character because I’ve developed as time’s gone on. What’s so great about having time behind you and having had a 20-year career so far is the development of skill, and I think there’s so much more that Peggy can do.

“She’s very much an underserved character. When she says ‘I know my value and everyone else’s opinion doesn’t really matter,’ it’s because she hasn’t been given the platform that she knows she deserves and that she’s really capable of doing in the world.”

She went on to add:

“And so I just think there is just so much more that she can do, and I think she speaks to a modern time, so to be able to take her to that next level as Captain Carter would be phenomenal. Especially with all my Mission: Impossible training. I am ready, let’s go!"

Atwell is great in the role, and I think she has a lot of potential if she gets the chance to continue to play her. The next opportunities that make the most sense would be in Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Would you like to see Peggy Carter return?