She headlined two seasons ofAgent Carterand appeared at the end ofAvengers: Endgameto bring Steve’s story full circle.
“I’m like, ‘That wasn’t my choice!'”
Atwell told Josh Horowitz on the new episode of his podcastHappy Sad Confused.

Hayley Atwell as Captain Carter in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’.Marvel Studios
And the audience being like, ‘She can’t do it all day.
Apparently you’re free to’t, so, egg on your face.’
That doesn’t really serve Peggy very well."
“I felt like I had much more to do in theWhat If…?
animation series,” she said.
By contrast, “it felt like a frustrating moment inStrange.”
“I liked the fight scenes,” Atwell told EW.
“It was great to see her in that outfit, seemingly taking a more active role.
But it was a very underwhelming moment.”
Additional reporting by Clark Collis.
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