‘Agent Carter’ Season 2’s villain is Madame Masque
Peggy Carter got herself a new nemesis in her second season. That nemesis being none other than Madame Masque. I’m not familiar with the character outside of her presence in Fraction’s Hawkguy run. But that don’t mean I ain’t stoked!
Marvel’s Agent Carter has made no secret of Peggy’s big trip to L.A., both literally and figuratively moving on from Captain America, but what new trouble will our beloved Agent face out west? The newest big bad for Agent Carter Season 2 has arrived, as Peggy faces Marvel’s Madame Masque.
Slashfilm had the opportunity to speak with Agent Carter executive producers Tara Butters and Chris Dingess, during which the two revealed that a modified Madame Masque would factor in as Peggy’s major villain next season. Typically portrayed as an Iron Man villain with a scarred visage and ties to the Maggia crime organization, Madame Masque will undergo a few ‘40s modifications, as with Doctor Faustus last season:
Tara: Here’s the thing. It’s a little hard. In the comic books, a lot of the Marvel period, there are issue rights. Our villain from the season is very much a Marvel villain that we co-opted a little bit like we did Dr. Fennhoff in the first season.
Chris: It’s a ‘40s version of that villain.
So you’ve adapted her back in time.
Tara: We’ve co-opted her.
Chris: We put our spin on her.
What was modern about Madame Masque that just wouldn’t work in the ‘40s?
Tara: I think we’ve changed the look of her a bit obviously. We’ve made her an actress, which is very Hedy Lamar. She was a ‘40s siren actress who was also a scientific genius, so that’s part of what we’re mining with this character.
The duo also added that the role has indeed been cast, though no announcements have yet arrived. In addition to discussing logistical reasons for the move to Los Angeles, Butters and Dingess also revealed that while much of the cast would move forward in a new SSR branch out west, Peggy’s gal-pal Angie (Lyndsy Fonseca) has not yet signed on as a series regular.
