Agatha All Alongside’s Joe Locke on His Secretive Teen Position

Each Marvel present and movie spawns fan theories, however the fervor round WandaVision took issues to a brand new pitch. From speculations about Mephisto and Reed Richards to a secret tenth episode, MCU followers have been decided to unravel the present’s mysteries, for higher and worse.

The upcoming Agatha All Alongside will spawn loads of theories of its personal, nevertheless it sounds just like the crew has discovered from WandaVision and is decided to not let issues get so uncontrolled. In an interview with actor Joe Locke (who performs Agatha’s tagalong merely referred to as “Teen”), the Hollywood Reporter famous showrunner Jac Schaeffer took “further steps” to cease the theorycrafting from getting so chaotic. For Teen, this was inspired by selecting to mute or visually censor him every time he mentions something about his background or identification. Regardless of pondering all of the secrecy was “actually irritating” “at first, Locke ultimately got here round on the necessity to hold issues near the chest.

“Secrets and techniques are secrets and techniques for a purpose,” he defined. “If I used to be capable of speak about it now, it could smash the entire level of the present, and that’s what retains me with the ability to hold a secret.” What’s not a secret is how a lot Locke loved taking part in the character, not simply because it’s Marvel, but additionally since Teen let him play a extra “mysterious and sophisticated character” than his earlier roles. Probably the most thrilling factor for him might be seeing how audiences take to Teen and his development all through the sequence. “The Teen we see within the first 4 or so episodes may be very completely different to the Teen we see within the final couple of episodes,” he teased. “Even on this press day, individuals are speaking in regards to the character, and I’m like, ‘Ah, that’s what you suppose now.’”

Agatha All Alongside premieres September 18 on Disney+.

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