James D'Arcy Joins AGENT CARTER As (Presumably) 'Jarvis'

James D'Arcy Joins AGENT CARTER As (Presumably) 'Jarvis'

Confirming once and for all that Tony Stark's dear old daddy will be a part of the new Marvel tv series, Variety report that Let's Be Cops actor James D'Arcy has joined the cast of Agent Carter as "Howard Stark's butler." Click on for more..

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 16, 2014 03:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Agent Carter
Source: Variety
James D'Arcy Co-Star With Hayley Atwell

As previously reported, we'll be meeting the original, human version of Jarvis in Marvel's Agent Carter. Though he's not mentioned by name, Variety report that British actor James D'Arcy has signed on to star as Howard Stark's (we still don't know if Dominic Cooper will reprise that role) butler in Marvel's upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger spin-off series. This will almost certainly be Edwin Jarvis, who served as The Avengers faithful butler in the comics, but was replaced by Paul Bettany's AI version for the movies. The site don't elaborate any further though, simply stating that he'll be an ally of Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter. D'Arcy was last seen as the villain in Let’s Be Cops, and he'll also have a role in Warner Bros.' upcoming sci-fi flick, Jupiter Ascending.
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Abary
Abary - 9/16/2014, 3:23 PM
Just watched The First Avenger the other day, and I remembered how good Dominic Cooper was as Howard Stark. I assume they'll try making him and John Slattery look alike in this and then in Ant-Man.
PymParticle
PymParticle - 9/16/2014, 3:30 PM
What. I thought Bettany was playing the original Jarvis.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 9/16/2014, 3:34 PM
@PymParticle
That was a rumour, he's playing Vision and that's it.
PymParticle
PymParticle - 9/16/2014, 3:40 PM
@NovaCorpsFan Then why was he on set with Atwell and Evans for the shoot on the 1940's scene?
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 9/16/2014, 3:42 PM
@PymParticle
I never saw that confirmed, I saw someone say they thought they saw him on the set.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 9/16/2014, 3:49 PM
I'm excited about this but then I was also excited about Agents of Shield...
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 9/16/2014, 3:57 PM
Interesting! He's a very talented actor.
MsDarkPhoenix
MsDarkPhoenix - 9/16/2014, 4:07 PM
Yay human Jarvis! :D
TheManFromMars
TheManFromMars - 9/16/2014, 4:14 PM
Is this the guy who played Anthony Perkins in Hitchcock?
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 9/16/2014, 4:27 PM
Awesome! I've been wondering when we would see the real Jarvis.

I'm not actually familiar with James D'Arcy, but I could definitely see him as Jarvis.

I know from the comics, Jarvis was on the bigger side, so maybe the character will have more of a physical role on Agent Carter?
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 9/16/2014, 4:31 PM
AOS season 2 seems like it wil give us a lot of info leading AOU.
spidey1994
spidey1994 - 9/16/2014, 4:38 PM
Makes sense for him to be younger. I dig it.
spidey1994
spidey1994 - 9/16/2014, 4:42 PM
@RorMachine Dominic Cooper is in the show.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 9/16/2014, 6:11 PM
@Melkaticox
I know and Joe Johnson is directing a couple episodes too. But Joss Whedon directed the first episode of AOS and it had other talented people behind it, but it still didn't turn out the best. I'm just nervous about it that's all.
Fekkius
Fekkius - 9/16/2014, 6:23 PM
Another Marvel show without superheroes.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 9/16/2014, 6:53 PM
I would have liked to see Paul Bettany aged like Peggy in TWS. Then it would have made the creation of digital Jarvis more out of admiration.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 9/16/2014, 6:56 PM
@scott yeah but they went through growing pains as their first show but the back half of the season was great. I know its no the same showrunners tho and if its half as good as her one shot ill be happy
ShelfPorn
ShelfPorn - 9/16/2014, 8:15 PM
I'm excited to see a show go back to the WWII Marvel world. I'm holding out hope we see the android Human Torch from the first Captain America movie and maybe Namor.
NoPhucksGiven
NoPhucksGiven - 9/16/2014, 8:25 PM
I hope they can find a way to get something related to zemo in the show. we need that dude in the mcu.
Tetrahedron
Tetrahedron - 9/17/2014, 12:03 AM
@PymParticle: Jesus, do you people have no rudimentary knowledge of the comics these movies are based on or did you just not pay any attention during any of Marvel's Phase One movies?

If the rumor is true and Paul Bettany was on set with Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell, he most definitely isn't playing a crotchety butler but is more likely playing THIS CHARACTER (look, they're both coincidentally blonde!)...



That's the original Human Torch. In the comics he was a synthetic man who burst into flames when his skin came into contact with oxygen and was used by Ultron as the body for The Vision.

In AoU, Ultron probably sifts through the data Stark "acquired" from SHIELD and notices that a synthetic man has been locked in storage for the last 70 years and uses it to create a perfect body for himself which JARVIS then hijacks just in the nick of time and decides to stay in said body and ultimately becoming The Vision.

The Bettany/Evans/Atwell scene is probably a flashback establishing the existence of this synteziod body.
thatguy75
thatguy75 - 9/17/2014, 12:17 AM
If Dominic Cooper reprises his role as Howard Stark, that will make this show that much more interesting to watch. I was going to watch anyways b/c of Hayley. She makes me smile. :o)
EarOne
EarOne - 9/17/2014, 4:13 AM
the only thing i wanna find out in this series...will or wont peggy sleep with howard.
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