Note: This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.
Thanks to streaming service Disney+, plenty of Marvel Cinematic Universe characters are getting a new lease of life.
Many people were hoping that Peggy Carter would feature somehow, particularly as she only made cameos in the MCU movies following Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011 and her series Agent Carter ended way too soon.
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That probably won't happen, though, and Peggy Carter actress Hayley Atwell is totally fine with that.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress said: "I feel really fulfilled. It was a great time, and I think they ended it beautifully with Endgame. It feels like a fitting end to that narrative.
"I'm a classically trained theatre actor so I want a stab at the challenging parts in the canon for theatrical actresses. That's something that I've always aspired towards. So, I feel lucky to have played her, but she's one aspect of my career. She's one part that I've played."
The star also talked about her character's ending, reflecting on the Peggy/Steve slow-dance moment that closes Avengers: Endgame.
"I thought it was a fitting end to a story that has affected so many people," she added.
"I thought it was very endearing, innocent and wholesome in the way that it keeps those characters in their time. I thought it was quite beautiful and very tasteful of Marvel to finish this 10-year story in a very simple storyline about two human beings — and one of them doesn't even have any superpowers.
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"So, I thought the tone of it, to end there, after some extraordinary things of trauma, action, effects and powers… to just have two people slow-dancing was very beautiful."
While we once thought that Natalie Portman would never return to the franchise and now she's leading a whole MCU movie, it looks like Hayley really is official done with the MCU for now.
Well, apart from the fact she'll be voicing Peggy in Marvel's What If series, in an episode that will reportedly see her become a superhero.
Avengers: Endgame is out on digital download on August 19 and physical release on September 2, available to pre-order on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D and 4K now.
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