Morena Baccarin and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Up For Avengers

Agent 13 is one of my favorite female super heroes of all time. The blond agent of SHIELD, whose real name is Sharon Carter, usually takes her orders directly from Nick Fury himself and starred in many Captain America comic books as one of his sidekicks. She keeps up with him and doesn’t even have any super powers. Most Marvel addicts know working with Cap is kismet for Carter, who is the niece of Peggy Carter, Captain America‘s love interest in The First Avenger film. Peggy is acted by Hayley Atwell. While dating a woman’s young niece decades later would be weird for your average Joe, Cap is a timeless fellow, and I won’t give you anymore spoilers than that.

Why the sudden interest in Sharon Carter? Well, our Nick Fury actor, Samuel L. Jackson was talking with Jimmy Fallon this week and he had some interesting news to share about his role in the upcoming Marvel films (Thor and The Avengers). We got the news via Collider.

Jackson says “I have to screen test five actresses on Friday. They have this new character who I guess is my sidekick and is with me all the time.” Friday!? That’s today! Good luck Jackson!

Collider guessed, just as I did, that this sidekick could be Sharon Carter, though this is purely speculation at this point. They further reported:

Heat Vision reports that actresses screen-testing for the role include Morena Baccarin (V), Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World). Heat Vision adds that whoever gets the role would be subject to the same nine-picture option as other recent actors and actresses to join the Marvel movie universe.

The trouble is, those lovely actresses (from which I’m sure Jackson will have a killer time choosing just one) are all brunette and in some cases, quite exotic looking. That’s not Carter’s MO at all. So who is the mystery girl? Could it be Wasp? Leave us your two cents below! Although, the exotic treatment could be just what the doctor ordered for Agent 13! Look at the mugs of these actresses all in one shot over at THR.

Like Fury, we have our eye on the situation!