Why Agents of SHIELD Fitz Actor Won't Return To The MCU
Agents of SHIELD star Iain De Caestecker explains why he would decline to return to the role of SHIELD Agent Leo Fitz in a future MCU project. The actor was part of the Marvel Television series for seven seasons. Agents of SHIELD concluded in August 2020 with a two-part series finale at the end of season 7.
Introduced in the Agents of SHIELD pilot, Leo Fitz was a member of Agent Phil Coulson's (Clark Gregg) hand-picked team assigned to handle smaller and more clandestine threats that the Avengers weren't needed for in the earlier phases of the MCU. As one of SHIELD's top scientific minds, Fitz and then-close friend Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) handled any scientific tasks or analyses Coulson's team faced, and the pair grew closer amid HYDRA uprisings, the dawn of the Inhumans, Kree interference, and the horrors of the Darkhold. With Agents of SHIELD being added to Disney+ alongside Netflix's Marvel series, there has been a renewed interest in the show and whether it may play a role in the MCU's future, though one star has recently revealed that he has no interest in returning.
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In an interview with Digital Spy about the upcoming project The Control Room, De Caestecker stated that he would not return to the role in the MCU if the opportunity occurred. Revealing that his reluctance isn't due to him having a bad time on the series, the actor said that he was content with how his and Henstridge's characters' story was resolved, and would not like to potentially tamper with their fates. De Caestecker also revealed where he feels that Fitz and Simmons would be in the current state of the MCU, saying that he feels both would have retired from service.
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