{"id":2987,"date":"2021-08-11T15:03:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T13:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1311888"},"modified":"2021-08-11T17:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:12:19","slug":"what-if-boss-calls-for-live-action-captain-carter-movie-starring-hayley-atwell","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-if-boss-calls-for-live-action-captain-carter-movie-starring-hayley-atwell\/","title":{"rendered":"What If\u2026? boss calls for live-action Captain Carter movie starring Hayley Atwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The alternate version of Captain America is an early fan-favourite. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 11 August 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>The team behind Marvel\u2019s What If\u2026? have voiced their support for a live-action <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/captain-carter-live-action-marvel\/&quot;\">Captain Carter<\/a> movie starring Hayley Atwell, as the character makes her debut in the series premiere on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/disney-plus-uk\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Disney Plus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Atwell has portrayed SSR agent Peggy Carter since 2011\u2019s Captain America: The First Avenger, making small cameo appearances in several other films as well as getting her very own short-lived television spin-off.<\/p>\n<p>But the popularity of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/marvels-what-if-season-one-release-date-cast-news\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">What If<\/a>\u2018s alternate version of the character, who is given the super soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers, has the potential to get Peggy back in the limelight.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/what-if-disney-chadwick-boseman-captain-carter-1234995760\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Marvel\u2019s What If\u2026? director Bryan Andrews revealed that himself and head writer AC Bradley are both thoroughly in favour of a live-action Captain Carter movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know AC and I feel totally the same in this, and while we don\u2019t know if this is necessarily going to happen, it would be amazing if they would just do a Captain Carter movie,\u201d he said. \u201cJust get Hayley Atwell in the suit, give her her own franchise and just have her blow doors like hells to the yeah.\u201d<\/p> <p>Bradley added: \u201cI love Hayley! This is my second show with her [after <a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/netflix&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u2018s 3Below: Tales of Arcadia], and I would follow her into war. I would die very quickly, but I would follow her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of a live-action incarnation of Captain Carter doesn\u2019t seem like such a long shot, with rumours already circulating that she could have a cameo in 2022\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/doctor-strange-2-release-date-cast-trailer-plot\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-641514&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2F&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Sign up to Disney+ for \u00a37.99 a month or save with the annual plan for <\/a><a href=\"\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-641514&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2F&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\">\u00a379.90<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Andrews may have stoked these rumours further with his cryptic comments to THR, which seemed to imply that the door is very much open for What If\u2026? characters to return in some capacity down the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the answer is you have to wait and see,\u201d he teased. \u201cBut this is the multiverse, and things do integrate and co-mingle at Marvel, so what if\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first episode of Marvel\u2019s What If\u2026? is streaming now, with eight more to come over the next two months revealing more surprising new takes on iconic moments from the films.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marvel\u2019s What If\u2026? is streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. 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