Agent Carter is just hours away from its premiere, and while it's just the beginning of a seven-week run for the ABC series, star Hayley Atwell already has hopes for stories spanning the decades.She says her cameo as a 90-something Peggy Carter in last summer's Captain America: The Winter Soldier potentially lays the groundwork for future seasons to explore different decades.
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"She would have experienced the '50s, the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, and she would have experienced so much culturally during that time," Atwell tells The Hollywood Reporter, going on to describe what would remain constant about the character. "She's someone who has a very strong purpose and clear destiny she is trying to fulfill. She knows the bad guys are never going to end. There's always going to be something to fight, a cause to believe in. It's about fulfilling the whole person in that role."
In a chat with THR, Atwell also teases Peggy's antagonistic relationship with Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper)'s butler, Jarvis (James Darcy), weighs in on female-centered franchises, and reveals just how many stuntmen she injured on set.
What were your emotions like when you first watched the premiere?
I was trying to watch it as objectively as possible. You know something is good when you are swept away by the story rather than self-critiquing. I was the most delighted by the pace, the wit of the dialogue. There are great elements in the beginning establishing who she is and the other people in her life. It just deepens. Within the season it gets deeper and deeper into the world, and we see more aspects of who she really is.
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