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[Dalek]

Hayley Atwell does not approve of that Civil War kiss either

Like most human beings who saw Captain America: Civil War, Hayley Atwell was less than thrilled with that super awkward kiss between Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and his nominal love interest Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp), great-niece of Cap’s former flame Peggy Carter. Atwell has some authority on the matter, given that she played Peggy in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and on her own TV show—at least before she was killed off in one and cancelled on the other. When asked during a recent Dallas Comic Con how Peggy would’ve reacted to the kiss, Atwell explained:

Well, first of all she’d be turning over in her grave. She’d be like “no.” And she’d inject herself with the blue serum and become a super villain. She’d break out of her coffin and ground [Sharon]. She’d ground her. Then she’d kick Steve’s ass as well.

IGN is careful to note Atwell was smiling as she ribbed the movie, but she went on to add:

I just feel that, you know—I wouldn’t want to date my great aunt’s guy. It just feels like it crosses an incestuous boundary. And Peggy just died. That’s even more disrespectful, right? It’s like, “don’t touch that.” You can’t tap that!

 

[Ashby]

Steve and Peggy's "relationship" never moved beyond flirting. It's not like they were married.

 

[harSon]

 

[strafer]

that photo is the best

 

[Layell]

Nobody in the present aside from Bucky even knows.

Peggy moved on too, Cap has the right.

 

[Dalek]

Nobody in the present aside from Bucky even knows.

Peggy moved on too, Cap has the right.

It's not even like Sharon is Peggy's descendent. She's Peggy's BROTHER's descendent. Not that icky.

 

[plainr_]

Lol that picture

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Falcon is clearly unzipping his pants.

 

[LosDaddie]

"Super awkward kiss" ??

Nah

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Sebastian Stan really does look a lot like Mark Hamill

 

[Dalek]

Falcon is clearly unzipping his pants.

That's why he should move the seat back.

 

[strafer]

is that a fucking head in the left corner?

 

[Rentahamster]

Her guy? Didn't Peggy marry someone else? lol...

 

[TheSeks]

I agree with her. Why would you get with your old old old old old old old and dead flame's niece? Like really, Steve? Let the black-guy-who-name-is-escaping-me-right-now have that, dude. Worry about Bucky, man.

 

[Dalek]

is that a fucking head in the left corner?

That's Misty Knight's head.

 

[lucebuce12]

is that a fucking head in the left corner?

You do know the source of the gif right?

Spoiler

Pirated camera rip

 

[hipsterpants]

...but aren't they a couple in the comics?

 

[Trojita]

He should have kissed Winter Soldier.

 

[PSqueak]

Well, first of all she’d be turning over in her grave. She’d be like “no.” And she’d inject herself with the blue serum and become a super villain. She’d break out of her coffin and ground [Sharon]. She’d ground her. Then she’d kick Steve’s ass as well.

This would be about a thousand times more interesting and better recieved than hydra cap.

But yeah, the scene was forced, awkward, uncharacteristic of steve and overall unpleasant, only saved by falcon and bucky giving him the nod.

He should have kissed Winter Soldier.

This would also made more sense than steve being okay with kissing his former girlfriend's grand daughter.

It's easier to shallow that he would come out as gay for a person he had loved since he was a child than instantly going for a younger version of his literally just deceased girlfriend.

 

[Fnord]

Like most human beings who saw Captain America: Civil War,

???

Literally the first I've heard of anyone complaining about it.

 

[Soldiussnaku]

Well, it's Chris Evans.

I'd do the same, y'know 😉

 

[Kimaka]

That picture <3

If Sharon was in the movies for more than five minutes, I would be more supportive of the relationship. She feels like she was just thrown in the movies so Cap can have another love interest. They didn't develop her much beyond that she is in SHIELD and related to Peggy.

 

[Coffee Dog]

They should have cut the kiss when the cut the scenes that built up to it.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

???

Literally the first I've heard of anyone complaining about it.

Ditto.

 

[Alienous]

They should have cut the kiss when the cut the scenes that built up to it.

Would have left out the best laugh of the film though.

 

[massoluk]

Best scene of the entire movie

 

[PSqueak]

???

Literally the first I've heard of anyone complaining about it.

Ditto.

Weird, i have seen a lot of people complain about it, and me and my friends disliked it too (until the nod bit because that was hilarious), it was pretty badly written even by super hero movie standards, it's practically the only thing the movie dropped the ball on.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Steve and Peggy's "relationship" never moved beyond flirting. It's not like they were married.

he asked her to go dancing before he was frozen, back then that might as well have been asking to get engaged.

 

[Slayven]

Best scene of the entire movie

 

[SillyEskimo]

Best scene of the entire movie

It's definitely one of them, but there are a whole lot to choose from.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

And yet I swore Hayley said if she could be any character she would want to be Sharon. Kind of bothers me that she's putting down Sharon, yet keeps going on about how much of a feminist character Peggy is. Hayley you had two seasons of a show dedicated to your character, Emily's had maybe twenty or twenty five minutes worth of screentime altogether. Plus Peggy before the MCU was pretty much just there as a connection to Steve's past in the comics, never important with the focus on Sharon.

Does she really think Peggy would actually be like that to her own grand-niece? Be salty because she can't climb Steve. Peggy moved on to have a family, god forbid Steve does the same.

???

Literally the first I've heard of anyone complaining about it.

Some people read (Steve/Bucky fans mostly) think that Sharon is literally just there so Steve isn't gay, ignoring the fact that you know, Sharon is his main comic love interest.

 

[Trojita]

Some people read (Steve/Bucky fans mostly) think that Sharon is literally just there so Steve isn't gay, ignoring the fact that you know, Sharon is his main comic love interest.

MCU ain't the comics.

 

[Nerokis]

Like most human beings who saw Captain America: Civil War, Hayley Atwell was less than thrilled with that super awkward kiss between Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and his nominal love interest Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp), great-niece of Cap’s former flame Peggy Carter.

I love that AV designated itself the spokesperson for "most human beings." I've read feedback about the movie. I've seen it with three different groups of people. I had no idea displeasure with that kiss was a widespread thing at all, and I have a tough time believing that's the case.

 

[Pau]

Hahaha my boyfriend was so angry about it. He's gonna love this.

I'm okay with Steve moving on but I don't know how you move on from the perfection that is Hayley Atwell.

 

[Slayven]

And yet I swore Hayley said if she could be any character she would want to be Sharon. Kind of bothers me that she's putting down Sharon, yet keeps going on about how much of a feminist character Peggy is. Hayley you had two seasons of a show dedicated to your character, Emily's had maybe twenty or twenty five minutes worth of screentime altogether. Plus Peggy before the MCU was pretty much just there as a connection to Steve's past in the comics, never important with the focus on Sharon.

Does she really think Peggy would actually be like that to her own grand-niece? Be salty because she can't climb Steve. Peggy moved on to have a family, god forbid Steve does the same.


Some people read (Steve/Bucky fans mostly) think that Sharon is literally just there so Steve isn't gay, ignoring the fact that you know, Sharon is his main comic love interest.

We all know Cap wants the brown sugar

 

[Trojita]

Hahaha my boyfriend was so angry about it. He's gonna love this.

I'm okay with Steve moving on but I don't know how you move on from the perfection that is Hayley Atwell.

Cuz she dead and she married someone else.

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

LOL, this was such a good scene. 75 years is a long time to wait for some sweet kisses fam

 

[PSqueak]

Some people read (Steve/Bucky fans mostly) think that Sharon is literally just there so Steve isn't gay, ignoring the fact that you know, Sharon is his main comic love interest.

Disagree, the problem is, in the MCU, it was too early for them to kiss, they have barely interacted, just a few scenes in Winter Soldier, and in that very same movie, Steve is shown to be constantly visiting Peggy, from what we saw in the movies, Peggy was still Steve's love interest.

Then comes Civil War, Peggy dies and a little time later he kisses Sharon? A woman he has not had enough time to develop a relationship with? After Peggy died? it feels unnatural and forced, a kiss would have made sense for an hypothetical 4th CA movie, where they could potentially develop their relationship, "but it's his girlfriend in the comics" doesn't mean anything if we haven't seen that relationship blossom in the movies.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

MCU ain't the comics.

I know, but some people actually had no idea the two are a thing in the comics.

That's sort of the one thing that bothered me despite loving the Cap movies. Cap 2 was great but I always kept getting the vibe that during early developments Sharon was meant to take Nat's role. Then they promised Sharon would be bigger in Cap 3 but of course they then announced Cap 3 was gonna be Civil War.

Hahaha my boyfriend was so angry about it. He's gonna love this.

I'm okay with Steve moving on but I don't know how you move on from the perfection that is Hayley Atwell.

Probably a bit easy when she's ninety years old with bad special effects make up.

 

[Pau]

Cuz she dead and she married someone else.

I'd just compare every other gal to her and they don't stack up. It'd be unfair.

Spoiler

I just want to be Hayley Atwell tbqh.

 

[TyphoonStruggle]

Some people read (Steve/Bucky fans mostly) think that Sharon is literally just there so Steve isn't gay, ignoring the fact that you know, Sharon is his main comic love interest.

This is so annoying. Isn't it okay for characters to be straight, and isn't it okay for characters to be gay. Why must people clamor for characters to be one or the other? Just to make a social statement?

Guy love no homo is okay, ya know

Disagree, the problem is, in the MCU, it was too early for them to kiss, they have barely interacted, just a few scenes in Winter Soldier, and in that very same movie, Steve is shown to be constantly visiting Peggy, from what we saw in the movies, Peggy was still Steve's love interest.

Then comes Civil War, Peggy dies and a little time later he kisses Sharon? A woman he has not had enough time to develop a relationship with? After Peggy died? it feels unnatural and forced, a kiss would have made sense for an hypothetical 4th CA movie, where they could potentially develop their relationship, "but it's his girlfriend in the comics" doesn't mean anything if we haven't seen that relationship blossom in the movies.

What is this? Some girls have sex on the first date... Whats wrong with a little kiss? This isn't a romance movie...

 

[The Bookerman]

is she mad cause her show got canceled?

 

[LosDaddie]

???

Literally the first I've heard of anyone complaining about it.

Same. I think the complaint comes from the same pool of people offended by the Banner/Widow scene in AoU.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

is she mad cause her show got canceled?

Shit, I'm mad her show got canceled. Season 2 was lit.

On the subject, I did think that romance was shoved in there and it happened too quick.

 

[Trojita]

I'd just compare every other gal to her and they don't stack up. It'd be unfair.

Spoiler

I just want to be Hayley Atwell tbqh.

While she has an amazing body, I can detect crazy eyes off of her.

 

[Pau]

To be fair I don't have a hard time imagining a woman wanting to kiss Chris Evans/Steve Rogers a few minutes after meeting him. Sharon can get it.

 

[The Kree]

This would be about a thousand times more interesting and better recieved than hydra cap.

But yeah, the scene was forced, awkward, uncharacteristic of steve and overall unpleasant, only saved by falcon and bucky giving him the nod.



This would also made more sense than steve being okay with kissing his former girlfriend's grand daughter.

It's easier to shallow that he would come out as gay for a person he had loved since he was a child than instantly going for a younger version of his literally just deceased girlfriend.

Nonsexual love among men exists.

 

[Beth Cyra]

This is so annoying. Isn't it okay for characters to be straight, and isn't it okay for characters to be gay. Why must people clamor for characters to be one or the other? Just to make a social statement?

Guy love no homo is okay, ya know



What is this? Some girls have sex on the first date... Whats wrong with a little kiss? This isn't a romance movie...

Platonic male love is totally okay.

Saying no homo usually ain't though so might wanna swap that.

I would've been down for Cap/Bucky but then I also fan girl over Xavier/Mags so I'm not in anyway unbiased.

That said Sharon Carter is my second favorite character in Civil War so I was happy if Cap went for her or Bucky.

 

[Pau]

While she has an amazing body, I can detect crazy eyes off of her.

I'm already crazy so might as well get the amazing body to make up for it.

 

[Sheroking]

Disagree, the problem is, in the MCU, it was too early for them to kiss, they have barely interacted, just a few scenes in Winter Soldier, and in that very same movie, Steve is shown to be constantly visiting Peggy, from what we saw in the movies, Peggy was still Steve's love interest.

Then comes Civil War, Peggy dies and a little time later he kisses Sharon? A woman he has not had enough time to develop a relationship with? After Peggy died? it feels unnatural and forced, a kiss would have made sense for an hypothetical 4th CA movie, where they could potentially develop their relationship, "but it's his girlfriend in the comics" doesn't mean anything if we haven't seen that relationship blossom in the movies.

Cap and Sharon have "sparks" in Winter Soldier, which took place a couple years before Civil War. When they actually do kiss, Cap is like "sorry that took so long", because those two have known each other and danced around those feelings for a while.

We didn't really see that develop on screen, sure, but we didn't see Natasha/Banner develop on screen either.