Disclosure – I was invited to the #CaptainAmericaEvent. Costs and expenses for my trip were covered by Disney/ABC but all opinions expressed are my own.
Last month was pretty exciting! During the Captain America: Civil War Press Junket we got to interview Emily VanCamp who plays ‘Sharon Carter and Agent 13’ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I want to mention that Emily is one of my FAVORITE actresses and being able to be in the same room with her was incredible!
Emily VanCamp started with just a small role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier that had me excited. I have been a huge fan of ABC’s Revenge and was really disappointed when my all-time favorite show was cancelled. It wasn’t because fans were not watching, it was because Emily wanted to explore her film career. I was really excited to see Emily VanCamp play her role of Sharon Carter in the new Captain America: Civil War film that comes out this Friday!
I wish we could have got to spend more time with Emily because she is such a joy to be around. She is just as charming in person as she is on TV. We got to ask Emily VanCamp some really great questions that I know the Emily VanCamp fans would want to know! Below I am sharing some of my favorite questions that we got to ask.
Exclusive Interview With Emily VanCamp
Photo Credit: Coralie Seright
Can you tell us about your training?
Emily VanCamp: It’s just a lot of working out really. I mean I had already sort of done some training for Revenge so it was like an easier segue into the films but, you know, you wanna go into these movies feeling really strong and feeling fit and I wanna be able to keep up really.We were wrapping Revenge while I started training for the movie which is very interesting and I kind of realized how much I should have done that for Revenge. I mean I was fit doing Revenge but I was like oh, this is another level. I’m just not really good going into it and, you know, it’s fun. I love that stuff. I was a dancer so all that physical activity’s great and sort of helps with the sequences and stuff ‘cause ultimately it’s choreography, so yeah, I hope to get to do more of it.
Was there any scene that was particularly difficult for you?
Emily VanCamp: I wouldn’t say difficult. I think in these movies you just don’t want to screw it up, you know what I mean? Like everyone’s bringing their A game. I was saying earlier you know, it’s very rare that you go into a movie almost already knowing it’s going to be great and successful because of, you know, just historically they’ve been so successful. So you want to bring your A game and you want to show up and I was in Winter’s Soldier but not very much so it was, you know, it’s always a little intimidating. There’s that nervous factor before you go into it but everyone’s so kind and generous and the Russo Brothers, you know, have always made me feel so comfortable. So I wouldn’t say difficult I just think, I mean you just wanna do the best job you can.
How do you feel knowing you’re gonna down in history as Agent 13?
Emily VanCamp: It’s really cool. I mean being a part of this universe is really a special thing especially with, you know, the movies that they’re making and how good they are and, you know, it’s really, really cool and I’m really happy to do it with the people I’m doing it with because as I said everyone’s great and super talented and, you know, these movies could, could have been very sort of surface level but what I love about Marvel is how they delve into the characters. They sort of give us the freedom as well to, to create a version of the character that hopefully the fans will like and it’s a really fun process. So the fact that people love the movies is like an extra bonus.
Do you have any favorite superheroes?
Emily VanCamp: It’s really interesting. Someone else asked me that recently and I was trying to think of like a superhero that I looked up to and I mean I was obsessed with the Ninja Turtles, I’m not gonna lie. I was one like four years in a row for Halloween and I was trying to figure out do they count as superheroes, I don’t know but those are like, I mean that was my thing.
Photo Credit: Coralie Seright
Team Cap or Team Iron Man?
Emily VanCamp: Well I have to be in Team Cap. I have to because, i’m travelling with Team Iron Man and the truth is she’s very torn. I mean she’s got this struggle in this movie where she’s like sort of on the sly, you know, giving information but trying to keep her job as I said. So I guess for the viewers it could, it could potentially go either way but I think for me as I’m leaving for me to say I was anything but Team Cap would be massive problems…
How do you feel that you’re gonna be a role model for females and young girls because you’ve always been a badass?
Emily VanCamp: In these movies I think especially in like anything you do I always hate it when I hear, you know, actors or musicians or people in the public eye say that they have no obligation to be any sort of role model because I mean it’s not like you have an obligation but you have a choice and why would you choose to empower young women and, you know, sort of just, you know, use yourself as a vehicle when you have a voice to, to kind of inspire that. I don’t see why you wouldn’t. I mean that’s not to say I’m always gonna play this kind of character.
It’s amazing to play a kickass girl like Sharon or a really tortured, you know, version of a woman when I played Emily Thorn. I just did a film called the Girl in the Book who’s, which is much more sort of rooted in reality and much more real. But I also think she in her own way is strong and on her own adventures so it’s just I don’t know I tend to pick characters that have certain, that have those elements to it. But I guess in terms of being a role model, I think I know it’s not a responsibility but it’s something that I feel connected to. I have three sisters. I have wonderful women in my life and I just want to see girls have the best opportunities they possibly can and if I can inspire that in the tiniest way I don’t see why I wouldn’t.
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