There is some good news today for fans of Agent Peggy Carter, and, more specifically, for fans of the younger Howard Stark of Captain America: The First Avenger and the Agent Carter One-Shot. Dominic Cooper has made a deal to co-star in the TV series that will find him continuing the good fight.
With Hayley Atwell returning as Peggy herself, Marvel’s Agent Carter will track the character as she deals with post-war America in 1946. Peacetime has not been the best time for Carter, marginalized by her colleagues and balancing administrative work with much more important, stealthy duties at the Strategic Scientific Reserve, helping to build what will eventually become S.H.I.E.L.D. We glimpsed something of her world in the short** Carter adventure, which accompanied Iron Man 3**'s Blu-ray.
Shea Whigham is set to play Roger Dooley, chief at the SSR and boss of agents Carter, Thompson (Chad Michael Murray) and Sousa (Enver Gjokaj). He joins a cast that also includes James D’Arcy and now, officially, Cooper as Howard Stark, AKA Tony’s dad and a key part of the SSR.
Agent Carter is set to fill the gap between the two halves of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s second season and will be broadcast in 2015.