Doctor Strange 2: Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) frustrated by her cameo

Doctor Strange 2: Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) frustrated by her cameo



Doctor Strange 2: When Wanda faces the Illuminati

Released in theaters in 2022, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness sees Benedict Cumberbatch reprise his role as Sorcerer for a new adventure in which he is the hero. Directed by Sam Raimi, the film sees Wanda Maximoff sinking into the dark magic of the Darkhold in an attempt to find her children (created by herself in the series VandaVision).

To stop him, Strange teams up with America Chavez, a capable young girl travel across the multiverse. This is how they will land on Earth-838, a world almost the same as theirs, with some modifications anyway…

Doctor Strange 2 ©Marvel
Doctor Strange 2 ©Marvel

Indeed, this part of Doctor Strange 2 allows you to stage new incarnations of superheroes. Thus we see Karl Modo occupy the position of Supreme Sorcerer in this world, and above all The Illuminatia group of superheroes made up in the film by Peggy Carter aka Captain CarterBlack Bolt, Captain Marvel (Maria Rambeau version), Mr Fantastique and the Professor Charles Xavier.

A satisfying cameo for Hayley Atwell

Not satisfied with a mere nod to Marvel fans, Sam Raimi delivers a fight sequence in his film of rare violence in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). The Illuminati to face a powerful and ruthless Wanda.

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The latter ends up victorious after leaving behind a bloodbath. A result that obviously she was not particularly satisfied Hayley Atwell, the interpreter of Peggy Carter in the MCU ever since Captain America (2011), who this time had the opportunity to don the Captain America costume and his famous shield.

Elizabeth Olsen - Doctor Strange 2 ©Marvel
Elizabeth Olsen – Doctor Strange 2 ©Marvel

During an interview with Josh Horowitzrather the actress said to herself frustrated ” at this point. She believes she was able to take her character much further with the animated series What if…? but that this cameo of Doctor Strange 2 it wasn’t nearly as satisfying.

You know when she says “I can go on like this all day” and right behind her she gets cut in half by a frisbee. And then the audience goes, “Apparently no, you can’t go on like this all day.” (…) Peggy doesn’t need much.

As we can hear during the interview, the actress remains quite amused by the situation and seems to be taking things ironically, even finding positive in the stunts she was able to perform. Then he concludes with a lot of humour said :

That was fast! (Peggy) had to do even less than she had to do before she got the shield.

Source: Cine Serie

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