Another star from theMarvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 1 has joinedAvengers: Doomsday. As the end of 2024 nears, Marvel Studios is hard at work locking downAvengers: Doomsday’s star-studded castahead of the film’s Spring 2025 production start. The movie was already announced to star names like Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Pedro Pascal, and more. Recently,Chris Evans joinedAvengers: Doomsdayin a mystery role. After a new update, it seems like the Avengers franchise star will return with the expected character, and a major ally of his will also come back.
According toDeadline,Hayley Atwell will return as Peggy Carter inAvengers: Doomsday. The report also mentions that “Chris Evans [is] likely reprising his Steve Rogers role” in the Avengers movie. Interestingly, the report states that Atwell is returning as “Agent Carter,” even though Peggy died in the MCU’s main timeline inCaptain America: Civil War. Evans' Steve Rogers and Atwell’s Peggy Carter made up one of the MCU’s most beloved couples. They got a happy ending inAvengers: Endgame, directed byAvengers: Doomsday’s Anthony and Joe Russo, leaving a question mark regarding how they’ll figure intoAvengers: Doomsday’s story.
Deadlinealso revealed that back when talks about Evans returning to the MCU started in 2021,a standalone movie focused on Steve Rogers and Atwell’s Peggy Carterwas in the works. After the story for the film could not be locked down, Marvel and the stars combined forces forAvengers: Doomsday.
What Hayley Atwell’s Avengers: Doomsday Return Means
There Are A Couple Of Ways Her Return Could Play Out
The most likely outcome for Hayley Atwell’s Avengers: Doomsday casting is that the actress will be playing a version of Captain Carter. The character originated in Marvel Studios' animatedWhat If…?series, becoming the show’s main hero, as she plays a key role in all three seasons of the series.Atwell has already played a live-action version of Captain CarterinDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, though that member of the Illuminati was killed by the Scarlet Witch. WithWhat If…?season 3 ending the series, Atwell’s main version of Captain Carter could make the jump to live-action.
I’m Convinced Chris Evans’ Avengers: Doomsday Return Connects To A Groundbreaking MCU Theory
With Chris Evans now coming back to Marvel for Avengers: Doomsday, past reports about the MCU’s future, including the X-Men, get a major boost.
There is also a chance that the report’s mention of “Agent Carter” proves itself accurate to the letter. At the end ofAvengers: Endgame, Chris Evans’Steve Rogers decides to go to the past and leave a life by Peggy Carter’s side.Avengers: Doomsdaycould return to that timeline, with the MCU’s heroes recruiting Evans' Captain America and Agent Carter in their prime to help take down Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. Another possibility is that Atwell plays a new multiverse version of Peggy in the next Avengers film.
Our Take On Hayley Atwell’s Avengers: DoomsdayReturn
Steve Rogers Could Truly Be Coming Back
I am happy that Atwell is coming back to the MCU as Peggy Carter. No matter what version of the character, the star has always delivered an exciting turn in the franchise. Based on Evans’Avengers: Doomsdayreturn, I would love to see him asCaptain America and Atwell as Captain Carter fighting together to save the multiverse. It could lead to an emotional send-off to both characters that provides a fresh take on their dynamic, explaining why Marvel is bringing the actors back afterEndgamefor 2026’sAvengers: Doomsday.
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Avengers: Doomsday is the fifth Avengers film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will bring together heroes, new and old, to face off against Victor von Doom - played by the returning Robert Downey Jr.. Avengers 5 will also mark the beginning of phase 6 of the MCU.
