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Hayley Atwell to Play Captain America's Love Interest

Hayley Atwell Keira Knightley The Dutchess

Actress Hayley Atwell (pictured on the left in the above still from The Dutchess) has joined the cast of Captain America. Variety reports that Hayley will play Captain America's love interest Peggy Carter. Chris Evans has the key role of Steve Roger/Captain America.

Film will focus on the early days of Steve Rogers as a volunteer in an experimental program that turns him into the super soldier known as Captain America.

Atwell will play Peggy Carter, who in Marvel's comicbooks is an American spy handy with a gun. She falls in love with Captain America as the two fight together against the Nazis during World War II.

Variety says Keira Knightley was also being eyed for the Peggy Carter role. Both Keira and Hayley starred in The Duchess, as you can see by the photograph above.

Posted on April 15, 2010

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