The team behind Marvel’s Agent Carter is hard at work – well, when they’re not busy doing this – making the next season of the show, which stars Hayley Atwell. A new batch of actors for the latest season was announced recently, but a big character stalwart will also show up, in the form of Kurtwood Smith.
A veteran of many films and TV series (such as the original, and still the best, RoboCop), Smith will be playing Vernon Masters, a veteran of the War Department with a keen understanding of how to work the system. Whether he turns out to be friend or foe for Peggy Carter remains to be seen.
“We had the pleasure of working with Kurtwood on both Resurrection and Chaos, and were well aware of what a commanding presence he is,” said Executive Producers Tara Butters, Chris Dingess and Michele Fazekas in a statement. “So when we were developing the character of Vernon Masters, we wrote it with him in mind. We just never thought we could actually get him. Thankfully, we were wrong.”
For the new season, Carter relocates to Los Angeles, but keeps on fighting the good fight alongside Edwin Jarvis (James D’Arcy) and Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper). While no specific date has been given for the show’s return, it should end up filling the gap in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s season as it did in the States this year.