05-04-2025
‘Avengers: Doomsday' Will Reportedly Revive Hayley Atwell's Captain Carter
Captain Carter
Despite listing a whole lot of names in chairs, Avengers: Doomsday and its Secret Wars follow-up are apparently still hiding a few things, and now, Deadline is reporting on one of them.
They're saying that Hayley Atwell will return to her role as Captain Carter in live-action, for the second time, in a deal that will have her appear in both upcoming Avengers movies. And this is after a 14 year history with Marvel that has rarely, if ever, properly used her character despite her being a part of multiple projects. At this point:
Captain Carter
It's a lot of screen time but again, it still feels like she was underused, somehow. Being relegated to a love interest at first is never all that great. Captain Carter was solid but cancelled when it could have continued. What If…? ended up not being a terribly good series in the end and making Carter the focus attracted a lot of flak since it was supposed to be an anthology. And even Atwell has said she was 'undermined' with her quick death in Multiverse of Madness.
But after two deaths, Captain Carter is apparently back, pulled from…where? Maybe the What If…? universe if she somehow survived the events of that show, or maybe another one. It is a bit random, however. Maybe Marvel decided it was time to give her a real shot in the role. Maybe someone watched Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning. I don't know. But hopefully she's treated right this time and most importantly, survives.
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