Neal McDonough is busy doing press for Frank Darabont's upcoming period crime drama Mob City and we recently spoke to the Justified alum about his role on the TNT noir mobster series, as the chief of the L.A.P.D., William H. Parker. We'll have more with the actor about Mob City soon, but during our chat, we touched upon his turn as Dum Dum Dugan in Captain America: The First Avenger, a character he briefly reprised in the Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter short.

Dum Dum Dugan in Captain America: The First Avenger.

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"Here's the thing, I never really watch my stuff," McDonough responded when asked how he enjoyed the short and if he might make an appearance in the potential Agent Carter series . "I was at the Thor premiere and Louis D'Esposito [Marvel Entertainment's Co-President and the Agent Carter One-Shot director] and Kevin Feige [Marvel Entertainment's Co-President] were there and they came up to me and said, 'What did you think of Agent Carter? People went nuts for it at Comic-Con,' And I went, 'Huh?' and they said, 'What do you mean you haven't seen it yet!?!'McDonough continued, "I'll be going into the office next week and take a peek at it with the guys, 'cause they were talking about... I mean what a perfect series this would be. You've got S.H.I.E.L.D. on now, and this would be like a 1940s S.H.I.E.L.D. It's pretty great stuff. I would love to do it. Dum Dum's one of my favorite characters I've ever played. He's just so much fun. You know he's just another barrel-chested, beer drinking, good guy. And I really like that. I'd have to go gain 20 pounds again. But, hey, what are you gonna do?"When we also pointed out that, technically, Dum Dum could show up in the modern world as well, McDonough replied that he was in fact signed up for multiple projects and very much hoped to see the character pop up in other Marvel properties."I learned about that! Nick Fury took a super serum [in the comics] and he got shot and the blood got onto Dum Dum. Then he was frozen in the '60s in a river when his wife and kid were killed, and he was woken up in the '70s or something, and Nick Fury was there to tell him the news, which just rocked his world. But he was still 40-something-years-old. He aged quicker than Nick but slower than all human beings, so he's still around. He's still there. So I'm praying that Dum Dum comes around somewhere soon because everyone loved Dum Dum and I love playing him. My kids love Dum Dum. I think if its got a Marvel banner... I love Marvel. I think what Kevin's doing is just genius. To do one film at a time and have each of them be great..."