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Metro
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Tom Cruise and co-star Hayley Atwell closer than ever in intimate appearance
Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell appeared closer than ever as they hit the red carpet for the US premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Top Gun star Cruise, 62, returns to the franchise as Ethan Hunt, this time hellbent on stopping a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity. Atwell, 43, returns to the franchise as Grace, a master pickpocket whom we first met in 2023's Dead Reckoning. Despite being at odds onscreen, Cruise and Atwell put on an intimate display on the red carpet, pictured leaning their heads against each other. They both appeared calm with their eyes closed, taking in the moment while their castmates smiled alongside them. Cruise and Atwell, who both wore coordinating black outfits for the occasion, were seen laughing heartily, with Atwell's arm resting on Cruise's shoulder. It was previously rumoured that Cruise and Atwell dated before she began a relationship with music producer Ned Wolfgang Kelly. However, Agent Carter star Atwell rubbished the claims and said Cruise is more like an 'uncle' to her. She told The Independent: 'Why are things being assumed or projected onto me about my relationship with my work colleague and boss? 'It's involving people in my actual life, my personal life, who have to be on the receiving end of that. It becomes invasive.' Cruise is currently rumoured to be dating Knives Out star Ana De Armas after the pair were spotted on a string of outings together, including David Beckham's 50th birthday bash. Despite neither of them confirming the rumours, the Blonde actor, 37, recently opened up about Cruise for the first time on Good Morning America. 'And I hear you're working with another big star, he's a stunt master himself, Tom Cruise,' interviewer Michael Strahan began.'On another project that's gonna lead you to do some other crazy stunts?' 'What do you think?', she replied, bursting out laughing, to which he joked: 'You didn't get enough with Ballerina? You're asking for more?' 'It's so much fun,' De Armas said of taking on various risky challenges in the world of action movies. 'We're definitely working on a lot of things, not just one, but a few projects, with (directors) Doug Liman and Christopher McQuarrie' she continued. The actors were first seen on a night out in London in February, an insider told People that they were at dinner with their agents to 'discuss potential collaborations down the line'. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Now we know why Tom Cruise is always at the movies MORE: Tom Cruise reunites with Jerry Maguire co-star 30 years after Oscar-winning film MORE: Mission: Impossible 8 debuts to savage reviews – but sparkles on Rotten Tomatoes
Geek Tyrant
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Hayley Atwell Would Love to Play Peggy Carter in the Upcoming AVENGERS Movies - "There's So Much More That Peggy Can Do" — GeekTyrant
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?
Newsweek
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Fan-Favorite 'Captain America' Star Wants in on 'Avengers: Doomsday'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Hayley Atwell doesn't think Peggy Carter's gotten enough of a chance on the big screen. That's what she told Den of Geek while talking to them about her appearance in the upcoming "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning". The Marvel star was asked about the possibility of showing up in either "Avengers: Doomsday" and/or "Avengers: Secret Wars", and she wasn't shy about her answer. Read More: Peacemaker Meets the Justice League in Season 2 First Look "I would love that," Atwell said. "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." Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell in "Captain America: The First Avenger". Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell in "Captain America: The First Avenger". DISNEY Atwell used a line straight from "Agent Carter" to get her point across, as well as pointing out that her time playing a more action-oriented character in "Mission: Impossible" would serve her well. "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," Atwell explained. "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!" Hayley Atwell made her first appearance as Peggy Carter in 2011's "Captain America: The First Avenger," and she remained a vibrant presence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe even beyond her character's off-screen passing from old age in 2016's "Captain America: Civil War." Her cameos were sprinkled throughout the narrative, including in films like "Ant-Man" and the "Avengers" entries. In 2022, she appeared as Captain Carter - a version of her character who gets the super soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers - in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness". She appeared in a recurring role as the same character in the animated series "What If...?" and enjoyed two seasons of her own live-action series "Agent Carter". There's no word yet on whether or not Atwell's wish might be granted and she could show up in either "Doomsday" and/or "Secret Wars", but considering the presumed multiverse nature of the films, an appearance from Captain Carter certainly isn't out of the question. More Comics: 'Peacemaker' Season 2 - Everything We Know So Far Fan-Favorite Star From 'The Bear' Cast in 'Spider-Man 4'
The Independent
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Daredevil: Born Again is Marvel's last chance to save its disastrous streaming run
Titles rarely come more loaded than Daredevil: Born Again. Disney+'s latest series is a reboot and continuation of Daredevil, the well-regarded Marvel show that aired on Netflix between 2015 and 2018. Charlie Cox returns as the blind crime-fighting lawyer Matt Murdock, while Vincent D'Onofrio is Kingpin, a villainous mafioso with a bald head and the dimensions of a mid-range people carrier. Amid a churning sea of superhero content, Daredevil managed to find its footing; it was gritty, modest in its ambitions, and beloved by fans. The title Born Again is both an homage to a beloved 1986 Daredevil comic arc and a nod to the fact that this is a revival series. But there's another metatextual meaning here. The past four years have seen Marvel try and fail to replicate its cinematic dominance in the world of streaming; Daredevil: Born Again is the 15th Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series to hit Disney+ since 2021. Marvel will be hoping that the series can itself be a rebirth – that the company's misguided forays into the world of streaming can be transformed, phoenix-like, into something capable of flight. If Daredevil, a tried-and-true formula with a built-in fanbase, can't do it, then I'm not sure anything will. In the early days of the MCU – that is to say, between the theatrical release of The Incredible Hulk in 2007 and the launch of Disney's proprietary streaming service in 2022 – the TV arm of the MCU was an entirely different beast. It began on traditional broadcast television: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2020), the sci-fi series co-created by Avengers ' Joss Whedon, ran for seven seasons on AMC, while Agent Carter (2015-16), a period spy series focusing on Hayley Atwell's Captain America character, ran for two. When the TV ecosystem began its pivot to streaming, Disney turned to Netflix to licence another run of shows – Daredevil, Jessica Jones (2015-19), Luke Cage (2016-18), Iron Fist (2017–18), The Punisher (2017-19) plus the The Defenders (2017), which brought together all the series leads into one crossover miniseries. These series were nominally set in the same world as the Marvel films – with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter even enlisting including some of the MCU's lesser-known film actors as cast members. But they were also conventionally televisual: more modest than the movies in scope and budget. Absent the mass appeal of the theatrical films, these TV shows attracted more of a niche audience of genre fanatics. Avengers might have been an event, but Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? This was just another night of network television. Disney, though, had higher ambitions. When the company decided to launch its own streamer, Disney+, in late 2019, it fixed upon a starkly different approach to Marvel's TV slate. By this point, the MCU had distended beyond its wildest ambitions. It was now more than 20 films deep into its theatrical franchise, and more popular than ever. Just as their movies had monopolised the industry, so too, they thought, would their new streaming series. A whole roster of shows were announced, featuring high-profile actors from the movies, bigger, cinematic budgets and production values. And they were going to be released in formidable quantities. Call it hubris. Call it folly. Call it a simple miscalculation. But – while their initial effort, the inventive and worthwhile WandaVision, proved a hit – the last four years of Marvel's streaming output has been underwhelming to the point of disaster. Series after series has come and gone without lasting impact, save for the attention of comic-book purists: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Secret Invasion, Ms Marvel, Moon Knight, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and the recent Echo among them. The fact that some of these series cost more than most blockbuster films (She-Hulk a mind-boggling $225m) and recruited some bona fide A-listers (Oscar Isaac in Moon Knight; Samuel L Jackson in Secret Invasion), made no difference. Critical responses largely ranged from damning to indifferent – a vast soundboard of voices all intoning the word 'meh'. And while each fresh venture brings with it a core of diehards insisting that, no, really, this one is worth your time, they're yet to convince the bulk of the TV-viewing public. Where once Marvel's TV shows were sort of like nerdy younger siblings to the core cinematic franchise, or perhaps a shabby but endearing uncle, now the Disney+ relations descend upon gatherings as a swarm of gauche and ill-adjusted cousins, dressed like spivs and poisonous to the vibe. And, what's more, they won't stop procreating. It's worth noting too that Marvel's streaming slump has coincided with a drop-off in interest in its cinematic slate, and industry-wide 'superhero fatigue' – even if the garish phenomenon of Deadpool vs Wolverine last year proved there's still gold somewhere in them thar hills. Which brings us back to Daredevil: Born Again. I don't know if Daredevil: Born Again will live up to expectations, if the pulpy appeal of the Netflix original will have survived the transition to Disney+. There's certainly a chance it could have: Marvel's head of TV Brad Winderbaum has said that Born Again (along with last year's Agatha All Along) represented a conscious pivot towards more thriftily budgeted series – a production model more in line with traditional TV than the blockbuster sprawl of, say, She-Hulk. But even loyal fans will have their doubts: there's every chance that Born Again will fall into the same pit of forgotten content that's claimed the rest of Marvel's streaming efforts. Crucially, though, they're going to tune in and find out. If the MCU is striving to be born again, to wash away its sins, there may never be a better chance. Can I get a 'hallelujah'?
