Why Peggy Carter Doesn't Call Herself Captain Britain In The MCU
Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Doctor Strange 2 and What If...? Episode 1.
Though Steve Rogers is Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there's a reason Marvel's What If...? and Doctor Strange 2 don't have Peggy Carter go by Captain Britain. After Lady Loki (Sophia Di Martino) released the Multiverse in the Loki finale, there were endless possibilities in the MCU. And that's what Marvel's animated Disney+ show, What If...?, is all about. The series looks at various alternative storylines in the MCU and how small changes could alter the course of Marvel's history. Several MCU actors reprise their characters to show the stories are a canon part of the Marvel universe. Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), and Stanley Tucci (Abraham Erskine) were among the stars who returned for the premiere. Captain Carter was transitioned into live-action when she appeared in Doctor Strange 2 as a part of the Illuminati.
In the What If...? premiere, Peggy Carter finally gets her due. After Carter chooses to watch Steve Rogers' (voiced by Josh Keaton) transformation into a super-soldier from the floor instead of the safety of a booth, the events of Captain America: The First Avenger completely change. Instead of Rogers becoming a super-soldier, Carter does. The change alters several occasions, including saving Bucky Barnes from becoming the Winter Soldier, and preventing a scrawny Steve Rogers from being trapped in ice. Instead, it's Carter who's transported away for 70 years after she fights a Shuma-Gorath-like monster back into a portal. Her appearance in Doctor Strange 2 is short, but meaningful. However, things don't go as well for Captain Carter as they do in What If...?.
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