![]() ![]() Regardless, it seems that Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine intends to put together a team, much like Nick Fury initially drew the Avengers together under his leadership. Who would she hope to recruit in Black Widow? We shall have to wait and see if JLD’s Contessa even makes the cut in a pandemic-rejigged release of the film first. Madame HydraĪt one point, Val also secretly joined Hydra, becoming one of a few characters to identity as “Madame Hydra,” but whether she’s playing a version of Madame Hydra in the MCU or not, it’s likely that Louis-Dreyfus is at least a more shadowy form of the Contessa here, what with her intention to recruit our violent ex-Captain America and all. Keep in mind that there’s a Nick Fury-centric Secret Invasion series on the way to Disney+, so perhaps we’ll see some form of this story in the MCU. Similarly, the idea of Val as a “sleeper agent” happened yet again in the comics, when she turned out to be one of the many Marvel characters who were temporarily replaced by Skrulls. If this history plays out on screen, it’s just a short hop, skip, and jump to a Natasha Romanoff connection in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ![]() But of course, it’s rare that a surprisingly skilled Marvel Comics character doesn’t have a murky past to dig up, and the Contessa was no different: it turned out that she had been a Russian sleeper agent all along. Jackson’s Fury will soon be some sharing screen time, with Moonlighting-esque banter and sexual tension to spare.Įventually, Val became so wicked-good at her job that she fought for leadership over SHIELD’s ‘Femme Force’ with Sharon Carter. Fingers crossed, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Samuel L. Formerly one of the Euro jet set but apparently looking for something more meaningful to do with her life, she trained as a SHIELD agent, and soon became very romantically involved with Nick Fury. The Contessa was created by Jim Steranko and first appeared in 1967’s Strange Tales #159. As we know, Marvel also has a tendency to mash a few bits of a character together and sprinkle in some new ones when creating a hero or villain for its movies and TV shows, so we suspect she might have facets of the Contessa’s history mixed in with some fresh lore that links her to previously-established organizations and characters. However, he almost certainly will, as this won’t be the last time we see Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.Īccording to reports, it wasn’t even supposed to be the first time we met the Contessa: Louis-Dreyfus was originally set to make her entrance in Marvel’s much-delayed Black Widowprequel movie, which takes place in a post- Captain America: Civil War but pre- Avengers: Infinity War stage of the MCU timeline.Ĭontessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine has had a tumultuous history in Marvel Comics over the years, and we currently only have a little information to speculate on what her endgame might be. Agent of Marvel Comics – largely baffled by the circumstances in which he could meet her again. The multi-multi-awarded Seinfeld and Veep actress marched into The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on booted heel with recruitment on her mind in episode 5 like a troublesome female Nick Fury (more on that in a bit) leaving a disgraced John Walker – now well on his way to becoming the morally muddy U.S. ![]() This article contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5.īoth WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier had big cameos in store during their fifth episodes, but unlike WandaVision’s Evan Peters reveal, which ultimately proved to be no more important to the MCU than a boner joke, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s surprise introduction of Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine will have much more of an impact on the future of the MCU – and we may see her again very soon after the series ends.
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