A few details emerged from St. Louis Wizard World’s “Agent Carter” panel last weekend.
Detail one is the series, returning early next year, would skip forward a year to 1947 next season. Detail two is SSR agent Peggy Carter would be locating from New York to Los Angeles. Detail three is some of the New York characters are joining Peggy in L.A.
Peggy’s waitress pal, Angie Martinelli (Lyndsy Fonseca, who was also on the panel) will be one of those making the cross-country jaunt.
Also making the journey to Los Angeles is Edwin Jarvis, Howard Stark’s butler and Agent Carter’s frequent co-conspirator. So is Carter moving to keep an eye on Iron Man’s zillionaire inventor dad, or is it purely a coincidence?
Says star Hayley Atwell:
What is exciting, because it is going to be set in L.A., and set a year later, Peggy is in quite a different place. She is not grieving as much, it is not as raw for her to have lost Steve. So within herself, she is in a much stronger place. We can think more light, warmth and humor in who she is as a person. There is also something that reminds me of L.A. Confidential, kind of film noir, kind of glamorous L.A. life with a dark underbelly of L.A. life in the '40s. There will be a depth of characters. We were just talking backstage about how Angie and her are now in a place where Angie knows who she really is, and whether she can truly confide in her now that they're on the same page. It will be developing the characters and introducing new ones."
Atwell isn’t certain Howard Stark himself will be the second season. Dominic Cooper, who has now played him on screens large and small, recently signed on to play the title character in Seth Rogen’s “Preacher” series over on AMC. Atwell again:
“There has got to be elements of Howard there, but I'm not sure to what extent. He plays a pivotal role in her life, and on the show. And also, in order to justify Jarvis being in the season ... He works for Howard Stark, so there has to be some reason why he's in the season, and it will be based on Howard's presence. Hopefully we'll get Dominic. I'll text him and see if he's available."
The actress admits Peggy would not be pleased if Steve Rogers began dating SHIELD Agent Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp), who was in the last “Captain America” movie with Atwell and will be in the next:
"She'd have a few words to say to Sharon. Sharon's her granddaughter, right? Or niece. Either way, it's wrong! I think she'd lock her in her room, and ground her. I would be like, go find another family! Go away from mine."
Find all of Blastr’s story on the panel here.
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