As it nears the end of its third season, Agents of SHIELD has created its own slice/segment of the MCU, featuring the Inhumans, Absorbing Man, Mockingbird, Quake, Hive and plenty of other straight from the comic book inclusions. On top of that, the show sometimes includes already established MCU characters in the story (beyond Phil Coulson, of course) - such as Jaimie Alexander's Lady Sif, Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury, Cobie Smulders' Maria Hill and William Sadler's President Ellis, all of whom have made appearances. Season 3 has also prominently featured Powers Boothe, reprising his then-unnamed character from The Avengers, Gideon Malick.
That being said, given how alluring the interconnected nature of the MCU is, the series could stand for a few more guest roles. Some more heroes and villains would always be welcome on SHIELD, tying the show in to the events that we've seen happen in other stories. Not to mention that including some more might make Agents of SHIELD feel less like an island unto itself over on ABC, given the Marvel series on Netflix have so many character crossovers amongst themselves, leading into The Defenders. Let's get out of the way that yes, of course, the easy picks would be Iron Man, Thor, Loki, Captain America, and all the other movie headliners. But we need to play things realistically. We're not going to get the big guns. So here's a more attainable list of established MCU superheroes and villains we'd like to see on SHIELD...
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That being said, given how alluring the interconnected nature of the MCU is, the series could stand for a few more guest roles. Some more heroes and villains would always be welcome on SHIELD, tying the show in to the events that we've seen happen in other stories. Not to mention that including some more might make Agents of SHIELD feel less like an island unto itself over on ABC, given the Marvel series on Netflix have so many character crossovers amongst themselves, leading into The Defenders. Let's get out of the way that yes, of course, the easy picks would be Iron Man, Thor, Loki, Captain America, and all the other movie headliners. But we need to play things realistically. We're not going to get the big guns. So here's a more attainable list of established MCU superheroes and villains we'd like to see on SHIELD...
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