Nick Blood as Lance Hunter in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Picture: ABC)

There’s eleven movies from the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet to hit the big screen, but there could be one more if Nick Blood gets his way.

The British actor, who currently stars in Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Lance Hunter, told Metro.co.uk at MCM London Comic Con that ‘Hunter: The Movie’ is the only spin-off he’d like to appear in.

‘I actually want to be in Hunter: The Movie as well,’ said his co-star Iain De Caestecker who plays Leo Fitzs, an engineering Wunderkind, in the Netflix series created by Joss Whedon.



Here’s what else Nick and Iain had to say about the super success of their show.


Nick Blood and Iain De Caestecker at MCM London Comic Con (Picture: Karim Flint)

With the Marvel movie franchises being such huge critical and commercial successes do you guys feel any added pressure to really knock it out of the park with the TV show?

Nick: You kind of get in a little bubble when you’re shooting really. You just forget the rest of it. Because things are all happening so quickly. It’s so fast paced, and we’re getting new scripts every week. There’s so much to shoot. We do an episode in 8 days, so there’s no time to worry about the rest of it.

Iain: Yeah, that’s right.

Nick: It’s only when we do stuff like this that we realise how many people actually watch the show.

The events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier had massive implications for the show, with S.H.I.E.L.D. being revealed to be a HYDRA terrorist cell. Do you guys ever hear any rumblings of this type of story shift in advance, and do you ever worry what it means for your characters?

Iain: We don’t hear too much. Clark (Clark Gregg, who plays fan favourite Agent Phil Coulson) will come up and say something like “I’m really sorry what’s happening with your character.” And you’ll panic and be like “What?” But then realise that he’s just winding you up.

Iain: So you do kind of hear rumblings of stuff. With Captain America: The Winter Soldier they showed as a screening so we could know what’s going on with our own filming. With something like that they tell you a little bit in advance.

Nick: Yeah, but they keep it very tight. It’s on a need to know basis.

Did you guys ever have any ambitions to do a show like this? The movie franchises have exploded ever since the first Iron Man film, but did you ever think that you might end up starring in one of those movies or spin-off shows?

Iain: Nick actually said a really interesting thing to me recently. Well, why don’t you tell it…



Nick: Well we were just talking about how when you do any sort of job you get lost in it. And you forget that excitement you had when you first got it. Because you’ve gotten so used to it, which means you have to guard against taking it for granted. But what I said was “if your 10-year-old self could see you doing this big Marvel show, imagine the excitement they’d feel.” And you just have to remind yourself of that. And that makes you feel very fortunate.

Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. series two is currently airing on Channel 4, 8pm Friday nights. Series one is available on 4OD and Netflix.

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