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Patti LuPoneis fired up about herAgatha: Coven of Chaoscharacter.
The three-time Tony Award winner shared her thoughts onplaying a “450-year-old Sicilian witch"in the upcomingWandaVisionspin-offduring an appearance onThe ViewTuesday morning.
“It’s a coven of witches, and I play Lilia Calderu who apparently is in the Marvel world, and I researched her and she’s hot. She’s really hot,” LuPone, 73, told the hosts, adding that her character has “a great body, raven hair.”
“I didn’t know there were witches. I don’t know anything about the Marvel world, but that there are witches in the Marvel world,” the actress admitted.
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She then shared who is in her coven:Kathryn Hahnstarring in her reprised titular role,Aubrey Plaza,Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn andHeartstopperstarJoe Locke, playing the “familiar,” a role traditionally known in mythology as those “attending to or obeying witches, vampires, or other magical beings, per The Wrap.
Adding that Lilia’s “power is divination” and “trial is tarot,” LuPone said of the series, “It’s very interesting, I think it’s gonna be fantastic.”
Details surroundingAgatha: Coven of Chaos' plot, are still unknown, but LuPone did reveal that the series will be available to stream on Disney+ in 2024. She also offered an update on production, saying that they are currently filming in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Agatha: Coven of Chaoshas been described as a dark comedy that will center on Harkness (Hahn) — the fan-favorite villain fromWandaVision.
The limited series, starringElizabeth OlsenandPaul Bettany, aired for one season on Disney+ in 2021 butisn’t expected to continue, Olsen confirmed in 2021.
Before news broke that theseries was in development, Hahn, 48, previously told PEOPLE thatshe was interested in reprising her roleas Agatha. “Of course I would! I would love to,” she said. “Yeah, absolutely.”
source: people.com
