Hayley Atwell Hated Doctor Strange 2 as Marvel Made Her Say “I could do this all day”, Then Proceeded to Cut Her in Half
British actress Hayley Atwell starred as Margaret Elizabeth (Peggy) Carter for the first time in the 2011 American superhero movie Captain America: The First Avenger. She played the role alongside Chris Evans, who played the titular character of Captain America or Steve Rogers. The Mission Impossible actress has reprised the character of Peggy Carter quite a number of times in MCU, and she is not very happy about how Peggy was treated in Doctor Strange 2.
Hayley Atwell’s Journey as Peggy Carter Has Been Short
Through the years, Hayley Atwell has reprised her role as Peggy Carter multiple times. She played a much older version of the character Peggy for a second time in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The movie was a sequel to 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger and was hence set long into the future.
Although Atwell’s character passed away off-camera in the movie Captain America: Civil War, she has appeared briefly in a couple of Marvel movies through the years. These movies include Avengers: Age of Ultron and the first installment of the Ant-Man franchise. Both of these were released in 2015.
Atwell even reprised her role in an ABC series named Agent Carter. However, the series was cancelled by ABC after just two seasons. Despite numerous fan petitions and Hayley Atwell’s strong wish to play the role again, the show had to be called off.
Hayley Atwell Disapproves of Peggy’s Fate in Doctor Strange 2
Hayley Atwell was the guest in the latest episode of a podcast called Happy Sad Confused hosted by Josh Horowitz where she discussed her various roles including Peggy Carter- the one she is most known for.
The last movie where Atwell was seen playing the role of Peggy Carter was Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In the alternate universe of this movie, it was Peggy who took the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. She went on to be called Captain Carter in that universe.
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During the interview, Hayley Atwell expressed her frustration about Peggy being cut into half by her own shield right after she said Captain America’s famous dialogue- “I could do this all day.” The actress said- “When she’s like, ‘I could do this all day’ and then followed by she’s immediately cut in half by a Frisbee. And the audience being like, ‘She can’t do it all day. Apparently you can’t, so, egg on your face.’”
Hayley Atwell says her #DoctorStrange2 role was ‘frustrating’
“she was like, ‘I could do this all day’ and then [gets] immediately cut in half by a frisbee” pic.twitter.com/uVgh6RJsKr
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) July 13, 2023
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Atwell had also made an appearance as Peggy Carter in the Avengers: Endgame movie in which Captain America goes back in the past to have a happy life with her. That particular scene was described by the Agent Carter actress as “wholesome” and “bittersweet“.
