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If Felicia Day Has Been Cast in Joss Whedon's Avengers, the Franchise Just Got 42 Times Cuter

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (13)

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The good folks over at GeekTyrant have discovered, via a tip, that Felicia Day’s name has been added to the cast of The Avengers, according to IMDb. She’d be playing Abigal Brand, a character actually created by Joss Whedon in his comic series, Astonishing X-Men. According to Wikipedia, Brand is a commanding officer of S.W.O.R.D., a S.H.I.E.L.D. offshoot that deals with defending the Earth from extraterrestrial threats.

Although — as Geek Tyrant correctly points out — just because a name is listed on IMDb doesn’t mean it’s true. Someone could’ve made a few logical assumptions — Whedon’s history with Day (in Buffy and Dr. Horrible), for instance. Or maybe it was submitted by someone who knows. Who knows? Who really cares? For today — and maybe just the next few hours, until some buzz-killing dick with a movie blog refutes the rumor — we can at least hope, pretend, speculate and — most importantly — fantasize about Felicia Day in this suit:

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Comments

Well, Joss probably needed someone to kill off during the movie, so you might as well go with what you know.

Posted by: Sage at May 22, 2011 7:36 PM

Seems a waste to turn a redhead into a greenhead, but at least I can satisfy my fetish for superpowered women with green hair. Now if only they would give me a She-Hulk movie.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 22, 2011 8:03 PM

Am I the only one that is rolling my eyes at this? Anyone?

Posted by: michaelceratops at May 22, 2011 9:14 PM

Felicia day is adorably awkward and I love the Guild, but she has neither the acting range nor build to pull of a badass action superhero-type role. She is as skinnyfat as they come.

Posted by: jasper at May 22, 2011 9:41 PM

I dunno, can't they just give her a normal SHIELD uniform and some sexy tech glasses, and call here a Commander Codex or something? Wouldn't care if her hair isn't green, I just want her in the movie.

Posted by: AmbroseKalifornia at May 22, 2011 10:00 PM

She's super sweet. I met her at SXSW and IRL she was adorable and kind. :)

Posted by: Melody Be at May 22, 2011 10:20 PM

I met her at SDCC, and she was the nicest celebrity that I met that year. Accommodating and charming, and super tiny. Like Keebler Elf sort of tiny.

Posted by: Dagon at May 22, 2011 11:32 PM

That being said, I'm not sure she's a fit for the Avengers, as much of a fan as I may be. But Whedon has built cooler characters out of less, *cough*River*cough* so maybe it could work.

Posted by: Dagon at May 22, 2011 11:34 PM

While I was hoping and hoping for this, I hate to burst the bubble, but she has posted on Facebook and Twitter that it isn't true.

Posted by: jmd at May 23, 2011 12:09 AM

she has neither the acting range nor build to pull of a badass action superhero-type role

Whedon has never been one to allow a woman's size (or lack thereof) to prevent him from casting them in action-oriented roles. To the point that personally I've gotten a little sick of it.

Posted by: Todd at May 23, 2011 9:13 AM

kind of a homely girl...

Posted by: logan at May 23, 2011 10:07 AM

I just had multiple nerdgasms....

Posted by: John W at May 23, 2011 10:14 AM

Crap. That will teach me not to share the news before I finish reading the comment section. RME

Posted by: Oroboros at May 23, 2011 3:27 PM