Looks like there is a battle going on for the role of Nick Fury’s second in command in The Avengers. That rumour has How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders at the top of the list.
Samuel L. Jackson revealed last week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon that his Nick Fury character would be getting a female sidekick in The Avengers. Soon after, it was revealed that Jessica Lucas, Cobie Smulders, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead were all auditioning for this unspecified character, with V’s Morena Baccarin apparently in the lead.
Today, it has been announced that How I Met Your Mother’s Cobie Smulders is now the top contender, and that Marvel Studios is close to signing the actress as Samuel L. Jackson’s sidekick.
I just love Cobie Smulders. I find she has an inexaughstable charm and really easy on the eyes as well.
Maria Hill becomes deputy director of SHIELD, and is pivotal to many story arcs involving the organization. The way the character is drawn, I think Morena Baccarin more closely represents the character, but any opportunity to see Smulders in military dress would not be one to miss.
I could live with this.
