page_title: Now is Not the End
section_title: Casting
hierarchical_section_title: Now is Not the End / Production / Casting
caption_attribution_description: English: Dominic Cooper at the 10 Downing Street visit 2010.
context_page_description: "Now is Not the End" is the first episode of the first season of the American television series Agent Carter. It features the Marvel Comics character Peggy Carter as she goes undercover to try clear the name of her friend Howard Stark. The episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and acknowledges the franchise's films. It was written by creators Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and directed by Louis D'Esposito who previously directed the Marvel One-Shots short film that inspired the series.
  Hayley Atwell reprises her role as Carter from the film series, starring alongside James D'Arcy, Chad Michael Murray, Enver Gjokaj, and Shea Whigham. Markus and McFeely, the writers of several MCU films, had written the episode by January 2014. It was officially ordered that May. The episode contains several film connections: Dominic Cooper reprises his film role as Stark, Costa Ronin guest stars as the younger version of film character Anton Vanko, and archive footage from Captain America: The First Avenger is used. The costume and visual effects teams focused on establishing an authentic 1940s New York setting for the episode.
context_section_description: In December 2014, Marvel confirmed that the episode would star main cast members Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis, Chad Michael Murray as Jack Thompson, Enver Gjokaj as Daniel Sousa, and Shea Whigham as Roger Dooley.
  The guest cast for the episode was also revealed to include Lyndsy Fonseca as Angie Martinelli, Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, Andre Royo as Spider Raymond, James Hebert as green suit, Kyle Bornheimer as Ray Krzeminiski, Ashley Hinshaw as Colleen O'Brien, Carrick O'Quinn as tall bouncer, James Frain as Leet Brannis, Tim True as tipsy guy, Johnny Marques as bartender, Jeffrey David Anderson as short bouncer, James Urbaniak as scientist, Bill Kalmenson as Senator Webster, Lesley Boone as Rose, Costa Ronin as Anton Vanko, and Kevin Heffernan as Madison Avenue guy.
  Cooper reprises his role from The First Avenger and the Agent Carter short. Anton Vanko was previously portrayed by Yevgeni Lazarev in Iron Man 2 (2010); Ronin plays a younger version of the character. Gjokaj previously had a minor role in The Avengers (2012). Additionally, Chris Evans appears as Steve Rogers / Captain America via archive footage from The First Avenger.
caption: Special guest star Dominic Cooper reprises his role of Howard Stark from other MCU projects.
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