Here’s a first look at Amy Acker (Angel, Dollhouse, Person of Interest) as the lost love of Agent Phil Coulson.
Following up on news that Acker will appear on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. here’s the actress herself talking about rejoining the Whedonverse and Marvel Universe as Audrey.
“Well, I think one of the things that was so interesting about the role is that she has this backstory and she has been talked about in the TV show as well as the movie and you knew that she was someone important to him and, therefore, to everyone and, as an audience member, important to me. I was curious to see who they were going to cast as that person, never actually thinking it was going to be me. [laughs] But [I was] just excited to see how that storyline would play out. So when Clark called me personally and said how important this role was to him, that it [needed to be] cast with the right person, it was very flattering that he thought that I was that person,” Acker tells Marvel.com.
Audrey assumes Coulson is still dead after the event of The Avengers when a threat from her past puts her in danger.
“That’s kind of the struggle of the episode, [her] finding the strength to hold up under that pressure. I think probably her relationship with Coulson and with S.H.I.E.L.D., and what they did for her in the past, has made her a stronger person and made her really trust that if she does what they say, that things are going to turn out the way they should and that she’s going to be protected. So I think that when she gets afraid and starts to doubt whether or not the plan is going to actually work, it seems like her love of Coulson is what makes her strong enough to keep with it in the end.”
New episodes return April 1st. Stay tuned for more news on the reunion of Coulson and the cellist from Portland he fell for before the big showdown in New York.
By Editor