Agent Carter’s Hayley Atwell Calls Wonder Woman A “Triumph”

When Wonder Woman premiered earlier this summer, it quickly became a bonafide hit with critics and audiences alike. Many in Hollywood have voiced their excitement towards the Gal Gadot-led picture – including Hayley Atwell, best known for bringing Agent Peggy Carter to life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

While speaking with Buzzfeed during the Television Critics Association press tour, Atwell spoke very kindly about the film, praising practically every aspect of it.

“I thought it was a triumph. I came out of that walking on air, and I think what’s brilliant about is, it’s a genre piece, it’s a superhero movie. It’s pitch-perfect from Gal’s performance to the script to the music, it has just the right amount of tongue in cheek humor, it’s engaging, and I was so surprised by the end of it.”

For Atwell – who has reprised her Peggy Carter role in various Marvel shorts, cameo appearances, and the Agent Carter television series – Wonder Woman represented a unique triumph for the superhero industry.

“I thought, Here we go! 76 years in the making that’s breaking box office records and it’s led by a woman and it’s directed by a woman – I was like, ‘Patty! F–cking! Jenkins! YESSS!’ And what it means for all of us because it’s not just women are great; it’s going, come on, let’s represent who we really are as women. They did it beautifully. Not only did they pull it off, they just were like, Boom! They excelled.”

With Wonder Woman‘s sequel recently receiving a 2019 release date, it’s safe to say that Atwell isn’t the only one with this level of excitement towards the film.

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Gal Gadot made her debut as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016. She will return as Wonder Woman alongside the DC Extended Universe’s other heroes in Justice League in November 2017.

In Wonder Woman, before she was Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), she was Diana, Princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, Diana meets an American pilot (Chris Pine) who tells her about the massive conflict that’s raging in the outside world. Convinced that she can stop the threat, Diana leaves her home for the first time. Fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars, she finally discovers her full powers and true destiny.

Wonder Woman was directed by Patty Jenkins from a screenplay by Allan Heinberg, based on a story by Heinberg, Zack Snyder, and Jason Fuchs. Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, and Elena Anaya.

Wonder Woman is now playing in theaters.

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