Arguably the cinematic face of the Marvel Universe, Clark Gregg turned a small appearance as Agent Coulson in the first Iron Man film into the glue to that holds the multi-film series together. CraveOnline had a chance to speak with Gregg about the role and how it has grown from more or less a cameo into something beyond his wildest dreams. In the excerpt below, Gregg discusses what it has all been building to: next summer’s The Avengers and then, after that, a possible return for Iron Man 3.
CraveOnline: Do we get to see another side to your character in The Avengers? Do you get to take down a Skrull armada single-handed or something?
Clark Gregg: Thats it! Im taking down the Skrull armada single-handed!
CraveOnline: Oh, thats awesome.
Gregg: Im just kidding. Skrull armada single-handed
No, theyre Kree! No, Im just kidding. Yes, theres definitely new stuff. Much different, new stuff for Agent Coulson to do in this one. You know, its kind of all hands on deck in terms of combating the threat that has shown up. And Joss
Joss is a master at taking what we know about each one of these characters, the superheroes and Agent Coulson, and building on whats already there.
CraveOnline: Joss Whedon is also a master of killing off beloved characters. Im actually a little worried about you.
Gregg: Yeah, Ive read this! Ive read this. Im flattered that people care, but I wish they would stop saying this because theyre going to put it in somebodys mind! Im talking to them about doing “Iron Man 3” right now, and somebodys going Maybe Agent Coulson should die, and Im like, Hey, hey, hey! This is the best job Ive ever had! Stop talking about killing Agent Coulson off.
Check out the full interview over at CraveOnline.
