More casting news from Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot for ABC comes today courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter.
To fill the role of “Skye,” Joss Whedon & company are looking to a Bennet from Nashville. Sorry, Heroes fans, it’s not Claire Bennet aka Hayden Panettiere… it’s Chloe Bennet, who plays record company assistant Hailey on the currently-airing ABC series.
THR describes Skye as “a confident woman who is slightly obsessed with superhero culture and the shadow organizations that exist within it. She’s edgy and can out-talk anyone with her unflappable nature.” If Autumn Reeser wasn’t already the perfect Janet Van Dyne, this would have had her name all over it, right, casting gods? But instead we get a fresh, newer face… and it should be interesting to see how it all pans out.
Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. is filming in early 2013 for a hopeful slot on ABC’s Fall 2013 schedule.
