Hayley Atwell recently addressed Captain Carter's future within the MCU at a recent appearance. The actor made her first appearance in the MCU as Agent Peggy Carter in the fifth film of the franchise, Captain America: The First Avengers. Although her role was relatively minor in the grand scheme of the MCU, she reappeared sporadically as the franchise expanded, with small roles in main films and multiple television series such as Marvel's What If...? and ABC's Agent Carter. In the latter project, Atwell played the lead role. However, one of her biggest roles came in the form of the variant Captain Carter in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Captain Carter originally debuted in the first episode of the animated MCU anthology television series, What If...? which focused on alternate timelines within the Marvel universe that explored the titular questions and what would happen if characters made different decisions during important moments of the franchise's story. In that episode, Agent Carter was given the super-soldier serum following an attack that left Steve Rogers injured. Her live-action debut in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as a member of Earth-838's superhero team, the Illuminati, has sparked a desire for more of her hero persona in the near future.
During an interview on stage at this year's Awesome Con in Washington D.C. (via Fandom Spotlite), Atwell discussed her possible return to the MCU as Captain Carter. When asked if there was a chance that she will come back in the next phase of the MCU as Agent Carter or Captain Carter, the actor turned the question back on the crowd and asked them if they wanted her to come back, to which the audience responded with raucous applause. The crowd's fervor was quickly subdued when Atwell simply said that she has no new information to share, however, she expressed a desire to come back in some leading capacity.
With Atwell's response, it appears that she truly enjoyed her time playing the character and coming back one more time in the extraordinary role of Captain Carter. It appears that Atwell has no desire to stop and wants to continue as a part of the MCU but only if the character has moved from a secondary role to one that commands her own project. -Collider
