Honestly, Marvel and DC could learn a thing or two from Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, including how to make a movie that’s part of a larger storyline and yet still feels standalone and whole. Moreover, the seventh installment in Tom Cruise’s endless spy franchise might pinch a few familiar faces from those superhero universes, but one of them should return the favor in one of its upcoming reboots. Yes, DC needs to swipe Hayley Atwell from Marvel, and M:I7 makes clear exactly who she should play.
As pitched by one Redditor on the r/DC_Cinematic sub, she might not be someone who’s circulated around the role in the past, but Atwell would actually be a highly interesting choice to play Catwoman in the DCU’s upcoming Batman reboot The Brave and the Bold.
As directed by The Flash‘s Andy Muschietti (but don’t hold that against it), The Brave and the Bold will follow Bruce Wayne as he discovers he’s a dad to Damian Wayne, who becomes Robin. Because of this, we’re fully expecting a Dark Knight somewhere in his 40s, so the 41-year-old Atwell is certainly the perfect age for Selina Kyle. Plus, anyone who has seen her as high-class thief Grace in Dead Reckoning, can attest to the fact she’d be a natural at a character who likewise strays the line between hero and anti-hero like Catwoman.
While Atwell has never officially put Marvel behind her, and she’s committed to continuing as Captain Carter in the What If…? animated series, her surprisingly candid comments about her cameo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness during the Mission: Impossible press tour make clear she’s maybe not in a huge hurry to reprise Peggy in live-action. So, depending on whether she’ll return to the world of Mission: Impossible after Dead Reckoning Part Two, DC might have a prime opportunity to snap her up and swipe yet another MCU veteran for its ever-growing collection.