Hayley Atwell Talks About Her Role As Peggy Carter In Captain America!

Hayley Atwell Talks About Her Role As Peggy Carter In Captain America!

The British actress talks about her experiences with guns in Captain America: The First Avenger as well as the character of Peggy Carter and her co-star, Chris Evans...

By JoshWilding - May 18, 2011 10:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Captain America
Source: Belfast Telegraph



On Wielding The Various Weapons In The Movie:

"I started off with a pistol and the director could clearly tell how much I loved working with it and said 'Oh just give her a machine gun' and I was like 'yes'! So I got to play with that for a few months. There's lots of action in it and I'd love to do more of it."


On The Character Of Peggy Carter:

"I think she's quite stubborn, a slightly frustrated woman who struggles with being a woman in that time. But more importantly she's a modern woman and she sees something in Captain America that she relates to, and becomes kindred spirits. He treats her very differently to how she's been treated by lots of men, in this kind of dominated world she lives in. So she's very much a fighter."


On What It Was Like To Work Alongside Chris Evans:

"Chris was a gentleman. He's, I imagine, got so much more pressure than any of us, but yet he's incredibly sincere in this part, and very charming without being goofy, and very earnest in a way. He's a very talented guy and very bright, so it was a real pleasure to work with him."


Many thanks to @WillKRoberts for the heads up!

With an all star cast which includes Chris Evans as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Bucky, Hugo Weaving as Red Skull, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Chester Phillips, Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine and Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in 3D on July 22, later this year!




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Hellsing
Hellsing - 5/18/2011, 10:30 AM
another trailer soon would be nice
dahamma
dahamma - 5/18/2011, 10:35 AM
it would be verrryy nice
SageMode
SageMode - 5/18/2011, 10:40 AM
There should be a new trailer comin soon. Hopefully
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/18/2011, 10:40 AM
1st need another trailer soon please.

2nd jamie alexander & hayley atwell are the cbm babes of 2011.

3rd i want to see hayley's baby feeders,they're fantastic.
TheLight
TheLight - 5/18/2011, 10:45 AM
She's hot and can act. Just as simple as that.
f4rrel
f4rrel - 5/18/2011, 10:45 AM
meh!
thalidomide
thalidomide - 5/18/2011, 10:50 AM
@marvel72: i agree with number 3
capcyclopsftw
capcyclopsftw - 5/18/2011, 10:52 AM
God Damn! I've been salivating for some [frick]ing CAP news, ANYTHING will do right now.
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 5/18/2011, 11:00 AM
I thought a new trailer was gonna come out with Thor? Maybe a new trailer will be released with Xmen First Class.
VictorHugo
VictorHugo - 5/18/2011, 11:03 AM
Love her accent.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 5/18/2011, 11:28 AM
Give her the Lara Croft role. She's got the look and accent, and likes guns. Where else are you going to find all that in a respected actress?
Mileena16
Mileena16 - 5/18/2011, 11:31 AM
oh jeez teabag that's horrible X|
anyway i think both atwell and evans has a lot of class
MissMystique
MissMystique - 5/18/2011, 11:36 AM
LOL you guys are so horny when you write that it make me giggle a lot,hihihi...so cute

MissMystique
MissMystique - 5/18/2011, 11:37 AM
Tea, OMG that was hilarious
UncleDrew
UncleDrew - 5/18/2011, 11:45 AM
I can't wait for this film and then THE AVENGERS!!!!
Rexgabe
Rexgabe - 5/18/2011, 11:56 AM
She's hot, it is nice to see a stunner with a real woman's physique.
Blackmatter
Blackmatter - 5/18/2011, 12:08 PM
Nice one Tea

ready for this movie already
PoPcornDude
PoPcornDude - 5/18/2011, 12:08 PM
I wanna a trailer !!!!
ASAP
MrLoki
MrLoki - 5/18/2011, 12:12 PM
I hope they bring her back as Sharon Carter in Captain America 2 or the Avengers!!! :))
superotherside
superotherside - 5/18/2011, 12:17 PM
finally some cap news!

@marto second that!
Fogs
Fogs - 5/18/2011, 12:42 PM
@marto - I like this idea, with some makeup she'd be slightly different, and we could hear Steve calling her "Peggy", then feeling really stupid because of it. Then to break the ice he could say "hey, you know I've banged your grandma? What about it, huh?"
ManThing
ManThing - 5/18/2011, 1:26 PM
what a babe
luckylu
luckylu - 5/18/2011, 1:57 PM
i almost forgot about his movie, but a new/better trailer would be nice!
skiteman
skiteman - 5/18/2011, 2:06 PM
sounds good!


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Jer3miah
Jer3miah - 5/18/2011, 3:04 PM
Is it me, or do all these interviews all sound the same? "Pleasure to work with, very bright, very night". Yawn..
ManThing
ManThing - 5/18/2011, 3:12 PM
It's not you... they coach them on what to say. They are told to never say anything negative and praise their peers and the director even if they suck.

That's mostly what you get in interviews with stars.

That doesn't mean it's always disingenuous btw.. but when it comes to CBM's it's a way for them to avoid giving away anything good or telling their personal feelings about it all.
eico11
eico11 - 5/18/2011, 7:07 PM
definatley a good actress and cast but still a little worried about johnson as director, am i alone here?
partyhands
partyhands - 5/18/2011, 10:02 PM
Sharon Carter is Peggy's niece, c'mon people.
croniccris
croniccris - 5/18/2011, 10:31 PM
@teabag haha thats hilarious!! nice work tea!
FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 5/19/2011, 5:07 AM
Peggy is Sharon's aunt, not her mom or grandmom. Probably great aunt, by now. Peggy was infact, introduced AS Sharon's older sister and mostly intended as part of her background. I think this marks the first significant depiction of Peggy.

I'd love Hayley returning as Peggy. Though Kate Mara looks a lot like her, so that could work too. They could tie into her cameo in Iron Man 2.

Also, I'd hit that like .... Like... Like something that hits things with notability!

capcyclopsftw
capcyclopsftw - 5/19/2011, 7:23 AM
FrankGarret - I love that idea of Kate Mara tying in.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 5/19/2011, 9:51 AM
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Hayley mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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