Emily VanCamp cast in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'?
Marvel Studios enters full production on in just two months and while several returning stars from the franchise are confirmed to return, the female lead role has remained empty until today. Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan return as the titular characters, along with familiar S.H.I.E.L.D. agents , Maria Hill and Black Widow and the villainous聽.
Joining them and making their debut in the Marvel cinematic universe will be Captain America鈥檚 pal and the villainous Crossbones (Frank Grillo). We can now add to that .
聽has the scoop that Marvel Studios and directors聽Anthony and Joe Russo have found their new female lead for the Captain America sequel 鈥� who will be the modern era equivalent of聽Hayley Atwell鈥檚 Peggy Carter from The First Avenger. Atwell of course, previously confirmed that she , despite her character鈥檚 name showing up in deleted scenes of聽The Avengers.
26 year-old Canadian actress Emily VanCamp (Revenge) will reportedly play the lead female role opposite Evans which we can safely presume is Sharon Carter. If confirmed, VanCamp will have beaten out (Downton Abbey),听 (Game of Thrones), Imogen Poots (Fright Night), Anna Kendrick (End of Watch), Felicity Jones (Like Crazy), and Alison Brie (Community) for the coveted role.
Sharon Carter (aka Agent 13) will bolster the film鈥檚 roster of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, adding more credence to an old theory of ours that Captain America 2 would not only explore more of the history of Steve Rogers, but would mesh many elements from the oft-talked about S.H.I.E.L.D. film where characters including and could have their backstory explored as well. Sharon Carter is the niece of聽Peggy Carter (Atwell), the love interest of Cap in the first film.
More details shortly鈥�
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