Hayley Atwell has told how her ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ cameo was a “frustrating” experience.
Hayley Atwell tells all on ‘frustrating’ Doctor Strange 2 cameo
The 41-year-old actress reprised her role as Marvel character Peggy Carter in the 2022 movie, but she was surprised her alter-ego was killed off by Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch character so quickly in the film.
Speaking on the ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast, she said: “I’m like, ‘That wasn’t my choice!’
“When she was 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.’ That doesn’t really serve Peggy very well.”
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Atwell portrayed an alternate version of Carter in Marvel’s Disney+ series ‘What If…?’, and the actress had “great fun” in the role.
She added: “I felt like I had much more to do in the ‘What If…?’ animation series.
“I mean, any actor will tell you, to be able to go into a booth in effectively your pyjamas and do an animation is great fun because you’re focused on the voice as the instrument and your main performative tool … [by contract], it felt like a frustrating moment in ‘Strange’. “
In December, Atwell cast doubt on a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
In an interview with Digital Spy, she said: “It’s so funny, because, you know, I did that 10 years ago, and I love her because I love the people, and you never know (if there could be more).
“It depends on what Marvel, and what the audiences, want… I’m a custodian of her.
“Compared to the rest of my career and everything I’ve done or my stage work and doing ‘Mission: Impossible’ now and all the diversity of roles I’ve played, and the diversity that I get to explore, and to be able to play more complex roles and villains and lots of different things – she is not mine anymore.
“She lives in the world of people that have taken her into their heart. And that’s beautiful. But it’s kind of like: yeah, you can’t control the impact a particular role has on the rest of the world.”
