Hayley Atwell to play Peggy Carter in Captain America

by Liam on April 14, 2010 · 3 comments

hayle atwell captain america Marvel today announced that English actress Hayley Atwell will play Peggy Carter in The First Avenger: Captain America. Initially Emily Blunt and Keira Knightley were considered; however after they passed it looked like Sex and the City 2 actress Alice Eve would land the part. Just last week we heard that both Eve and Hayley Atwell were screen testing in London for the role of Captain America’s love interest, and it seems Atwell was the actress who impressed Marvel and director Joe Johnston.

Hayley Atwell has appeared in The Duchess (alongside Keira Knightly) and Brideshead Revisited, and was seen last year in The Prisoner TV mini-series alongside Ian McKellen and James Caviezel. According to Marvel “Peggy Carter fell in love with Captain America while they fought together in the war effort. The character will be updated for the feature adaptation.”

The First Avenger: Captain America will start filming in June and the cast includes Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, and Sebastian Stan as sidekick Bucky. According to HeatVision Hugo Weaving is still in negotiations to play the villain Red Skull, so hopefully those talks conclude soon.

  • Lockdown

    His costume is so cool. And the war story seems interesting. I think I remember this woman from The Prisoner show, I think you´ve seen it going from your description. Who did she play in the show?

  • http://filmonic.com Liam

    The Prisoner was actually on last year, i've corrected my mistake.

    According to Wikipedia she played 4-15 / Lucy.

  • Lockdown

    Oh I didn´t notice any misstake. Anyway the show is really good.

    After looking it up I now also remember who she was. She played the love interest for the prisoner. I would say that she was veryyy feminine….