Unexpected Marvel star Jenny Agutter said yes to Captain America to beat up Robert Redford on screen-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro

The actress reminisced over her MCU role (Picture: David Venni/Good Housekeeping UK)

Jenny Agutter has said she could not think of ‘anything better than stepping out’ of her role in Call The Midwife to beat up Robert Redford on screen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

The 70-year-old actress reprised her role from The Avengers to star in the Marvel superhero film.

She and Hollywood icon Redford, 86, are both members of the fictional World Security Council, which oversees S.H.I.E.L.D., in the 2014 sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger.

Agutter is seen attacking the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid star during a scene in the film, until she is revealed to be Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson, in a virtual disguise.

‘When I was asked to do the Marvel film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I couldn’t think of anything better than stepping out of Call The Midwife to work with a stunt team and beat up Robert Redford.

‘Although admittedly, they wouldn’t let me stunt-punch him. They were worried I’d actually hit him, instead of missing him,’ she admitted.

Hollywood star Redford played S.H.I.E.L.D member Alexander Pierce in Captain America : The Winter Soldier and later Avengers: Endgame (Picture: Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb)

Agutter said she ‘couldn’t think of anything better’ to be asked to do (Picture: David Venni/Good Housekeeping UK)

Other slightly unexpected actors who have made appearances in the now-sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe include Simon Callow in Hawkeye as Armand Duquesne III, Joan Rivers in Iron Man 3 as herself and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello as a terrorist in the original Iron Man.

The actress, who has played Sister Julienne since 2012 on Call The Midwife, said she thought the show would be over in six episodes.

She added to Good Housekeeping UK: ‘I was sat on a bus once when the woman next to me said, “I didn’t want to disturb you, but I have to say, I watch Call The Midwife and I have a particular interest in it because I was a nun for seven years.”

The actress is a mainstay on Call the Midwife (Picture: BBC/Neal Street Productions/Olly Courtenay)

The full interview is available in Good Housekeeping UK, out now. (Picture: David Venni/Good Housekeeping UK)

‘I thought, “Oh, my goodness, I’ve been a nun longer than her”.’

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Agutter shot to fame as a teenager in the 1970 film The Railway Children and recently reprised her role in The Railway Children Return in 2022.

Read the full interview with Jenny Agutter in the February 2023 issue of Good Housekeeping, available now. Call The Midwife returns to BBC One on New Year’s Day at 8pm.

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