Hayley Atwell lived peggy Carterthe great love of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), during the infinity saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, she is back in the MCU as a very different and even more powerful character: the Captain Carter.

in the new movie Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Atwell appears as a member of the Illuminati, an organization that brings together the greatest minds in the Marvel Universe. Your character is a Variant of Captain Americaand those who haven’t watched the Disney+ animated series “What If…?” may have been wondering: how did she take on the hero’s shield?

In the first episode of “What If…?”, which is canon, we see the moment when Steve was ready to take the super soldier serum, but an attack ends up jeopardizing the mission. With that, Peggy Carter becomes the only suitable person on site to receive the serum and decides to take her chances.

A little different from how Steve from Earth 616 is, she ends up trapped in a corner of a parallel reality and only manages to return decades later, when everything and everyone she knew is gone.

Marvel has not confirmed whether the Variants featured in “Multiverse of Madness” have the same origins as the characters in “What If…?”, as the project is canon, we can expect that this will also be the basis of the heroine’s story.