Patton Oswalt to Guest Star on 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'
One of the biggest stars in all of geekdom is going to be appearing in a Marvel franchise!
Actor/comedian Patton Oswalt will join the cast of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Eric Koenig in an upcoming episode.
“I got a call from my agent saying they want you on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and I said ‘hell, yes,’” recounts the actor. “I’m lucky that I’m visible enough that they wanted to bring me in to play this character. I’d worked with [‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Executive Producer] Joss [Whedon] before on ‘Dollhouse,’ and I guess I wasn’t too annoying and they decided to put me on another one of his shows. So I was very lucky.”
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Koenig, a character who first appeared in SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS #27, was a part of Nick Fury’s original team of World War II soldiers in the comic books. It's a team not all that dissimilar from S.H.I.E.L.D. itself. In short, it's that scrappy, underdog mentality that Oswalt loves.
“[They’re] a scrappy bunch of agents who are sort of working on the lower tier levels of the Marvel Universe and trying to stop threats before they even get to the Avengers-level threats,” says Oswalt. “It’s almost like when you watch ‘The Wire,’ and the guys like Pryzbylewski are just chasing the paper trail but that’s kind of the whole case. That’s where they can bring these guys down, is they’re doing the kind of brutal grunt work. There are these people doing the day to day that keeps the world from spinning into chaos. [They say,] ‘no, we don’t have the shiny Tony Stark, Hawkeye, Black Widow stuff, but we are in it up to our necks and we’re doing it. I really like that. There’s a great sense of camaraderie.”
Oswalt will get to join the cast in the back half of season one of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which returns with all-new episodes on Tuesday, April 1 at 8:00 PM ET on ABC. Given that Oswalt is one of my favorite actors, comedians, and all-around personalities on Earth right now, I can't wait.
Via: Marvel