Folks wondering whether the Agent Carter character introduced in Captain America: The First Avenger has staying power should look no further than the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. At the Marvel Television panel, questions were taken from three consecutive Peggy Carter cosplayers. Our interview with many of the folks behind the show (including star Hayley Atwell, producer/director Louis D’Esposito, and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely) was conducted in the immediate aftermath of this.

Marvel isn’t messing around with their Agent Carter TV series. While no official premiere date has been set, the show will air its brief, eight episode run during Agents of SHIELD season two’s midseason break, helping to bridge the gap between both halves of the show. Four of those eight episodes will be directed by Marvel Cinematic Universe heavy-hitters like Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Joe Johnston (Captain America: The First Avenger), and Louis D’Esposito (Item 47, Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter). We imagine the other four will be fairly impressive, as well.

With all this in mind, we were very excited to join other journalists to talk about Agent Carter with the folks involved, all of whom were quite gracious and forthcoming. We’ll start things off with Hayley Atwell and Louis D’Esposito…

So, when you first took this role in Captain America: The First Avenger, did you ever think that you’d have people dressing up as you?