Breaking Baz: Industry Finally Paying Attention To Hayley Atwell With Breakout Role In ‘Mission: Impossible’; She Shouts Out Support For Actors Strike
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EXCLUSIVE: Hayley Atwell predicted that she’d be on strike now. Late Wednesday night, we chatted about her captivating performance opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Dead …

So I keep seeing articles like this where people are saying MI:7 is her breakout role. And maybe it is? I admittedly haven’t seen the movie yet. But my question is: Am I missing something? Did the world seriously not know about her or her talent?

I would have thought all the work she did as Peggy Carter would have been what put her on the map. She’s also in an episode of black mirror. Idk. Is there more to this than I realize?

  • zoostation@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    She just hasn’t been in anything this high profile before and she stands out in it too. No need to overthink it.

    Everyone’s been in Marvel content at some point and it’s not really acting, nobody’s really known for that except a few of the main ones.

    • steakmeout@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      She was literally the costar in the first Captain America film. From that she got her own show and then became a key character in the MCU.

      Your bias is irrelevant.

    • _jack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s “not really acting”…