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Cobie Smulders Talks About Her Kick Butt Role as Maria Hill in The Avengers #TheAvengersEvent

May 5, 2012 by Lauren Leave a Comment

Cobie-Smulders-AvengersThis past weekend I not only had the amazing opportunity to attend the Tribeca Film Festival red carpet preview of The Avengers, I was also able to interview two of the stars from the film, Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Cobie Smulders (S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Maria Hill).  Our interviews took place at the beautiful Trump Soho just before the stars walked the red carpet .  They were both in their red carpet looks and looked amazing!  Cobie was wearing a beautiful long tangerine dress with beaded shoulders and gold jewelry.  Her gold clutch and shoes completed her look.  She looked beautiful!

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Photo Courtesy of Disney

I was so excited to meet Cobie because I am such a huge fan of her and her show How I Met Your Mother.   Much like her character Robin Scherbatsky,  she was very down to earth, funny, and  real.  Cobie talked with us about her The Avengers character S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Maria Hill, working with Director Joss Whedon, and being a role model to little girls!


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Photo Credit InsideOutMotherhood.com

Tell us about your character Maria Hill?

Maria Hill works at S.H.I.E.L.D.  She’s a very high ranking officer and she sort of works directly under Nick Fury.  You know, there’s lots of debates about how powerful she is, because me and Fury get into it a little bit.  She sort of commands the Hellcarrier and she’s also  a bit of a task master.
Its funny, when I got this role, I started reading all the comic books and also all the blogs, and what anyone had to say about the character.  I was trying to learn as much as I could.  And she’s like described as like the biggest b**** in the universe.  (We all laughed) but I hate that so much.  If you’re a woman in a powerful position, you get labeled a b****.  But if a man is in that position, he’s just got to do his job.   Yeah, so it was, it was kind of cool to approach a role with that kind of stigma behind it, and just kind of own it, especially with Maria Hill in the way that she works with Nick Fury.  Nick Fury follows his gut instincts a lot, I mean the whole beginning of this movie. He’s sort of like the Avengers initiative and is sort of what this whole movie is about.  And it’s about bringing all of these super heroes together, as an emergency basis only.  Maria Hill sees that as a huge threat.  I mean, even to have Hulk on the Hellcarrier alone is, is a bad idea, it puts humans lives at risk.  She sort of butts head with him, but in, in kind of a great way.  She kind of brings him back down to Earth, but they have this awesome arc of their relationship, and by the end she sort of sees why he’s breaking the S.H.I.E.L.D.
Cobie started laughing and said that was the longest answer ever and that she was sorry.  We of course did not mind, we were so excited to have her sitting in the room talking with us! She then told us that she was at home being a Mom for the past 3 days and has not really talked so she’s now feeling kind of chatty.  We all laughed because as moms ourselves, we knew exactly what she meant.

You work with Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan on How I Met Your Mother, who have both worked with Joss Whedon. Did they have any words of wisdom for this film?

Yeah, it wasn’t a question of like, words of wisdom it was just like a blanket statement of like, you’re so lucky.  (We all laughed)  I’m so excited to get to work with him, because he truly is like an actors’ director.  And he took so much care, especially with me playing Maria Hill, who’s a new character.  He knows so much, I mean he’s a fan boy, he knows everything there is to know about comic books.  And was the guy, a kid, at Comic-Con from its inception, you know.  And so he knew so much about her and about S.H.I.E.L.D. and he was there from the getgo, really.  And I think that Allison actually- when I went in to audition, and she texted him or called him and said, you know, Cobie went in and read today, make sure you go in and see the tape or whatever.  I’ve known Joss mainly from going to their house for birthday parties and such. So, they were just excited for me to get to work with him.
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Would you say this film would appeal to families?

You know what I like about this film is it’s kind of a dysfunctional family, like it’s the way that these- all these sort of separate superheroes have to come together to succeed.  And I feel like there’s sort of like a team, a family dynamic within that- and it’s cool to see them rise above their personal issues.  And sort of accomplish the goal.

How do you feel about being a role model now for little girls because of your role?

That’s an amazing thought, and I don’t think I’ve let myself go there, but it’s a wonderful idea. I have a daughter, she’ll be three. It’s so interesting to have a daughter growing up who actually wants to learn, to grow up like a girl.  I’m not really like that.  I’m kind of a tomboy but then it’s going to be cool for her hopefully to see me in an action role when she gets older.  If I can empower any girls anywhere,  I’m happy to do it.  Yeah.  That’s cool.
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Be sure to check back this week for all of my Marvel The Avengers Movie Coverage!  You can also follow along on twitter with hashtag #TheAvengersEvent.

Marvel’s The Avengers is in theaters now! 

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My dress and necklace were provided by Sonsi.   For more information about their gorgeous women’s plus size clothing read about my red carpet dress here!

Disclosure: Thank you Disney/Marvel and Cobie Smulders for this amazing interview opportunity!

Filed Under: Disney, Entertainment Tagged With: Avengers, clutch, cobie smulders, comic books, Disney, Film Festival, gold jewelry, hellcarrier, hill maria, how i met your mother, joss whedon, loki, maria hill, Marvel, marvel studios, nick fury, red carpet, soho, super hero, Super Heroes, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston, Tribeca, Tribeca Film Festival, trump

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Comments

  1. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says

    May 6, 2012 at 7:50 am

    I had no idea she was from How I Met Your Mother!!! She’s a beautiful young lady, isn’t she?

    Reply
  2. Courtney says

    May 6, 2012 at 11:46 am

    Can’t wait to see this. Love her outfit!

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  3. Notorious Spinks says

    May 6, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    I can’t wait to check out this all-star cast.

    Reply
  4. HilLesha says

    May 6, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    I love her dress! I adore the color orange.

    Reply
  5. Zippy Sandler says

    May 6, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    She’s absolutely gorgeous. Must have been fun getting to sit down & talk with her.

    Reply
  6. Louise says

    May 6, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    She is beautiful!

    Reply
  7. Ty @ Mama of 3 Munchkins says

    May 6, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    She’s very beautiful!

    Reply
  8. Emily @FamilyNLifeLV says

    May 6, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    She is so funny, down to earth, and stunning!

    Reply
  9. Donna says

    May 6, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    She’s so beautiful! Love her on HIMYM. And can wait to see this movie.

    Reply
  10. LisaW says

    May 6, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    I am so jealous! I love Cobie Smulders!! How I Met Your Mother is one of my all-time favourite shows. Great interview and photos…thanks for sharing it with us. I may just go and watch the movie now. btw – she looks stunning in that tangerine dress!

    Reply
  11. Anne - Mommy Has to Work says

    May 6, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    She did a great role! Cool interview!

    Reply
  12. Becca @ Mama B says

    May 6, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    Great interview! She is gorgeous!

    Reply
  13. Kathleen says

    May 6, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    What an awesome interview and it looks like you ladies were having a great time!

    Reply
  14. Penelope NYC Blogger says

    May 6, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    She is awesome and she looks great!

    Reply
  15. Rebekah says

    May 6, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    What a fun interview! She sounds really nice and down to earth.

    Reply
  16. Kecia says

    May 6, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    I have got to go see this movie! It’s awesome that you got to interview Cobie. And your dress was beautiful. 🙂

    Reply
  17. Shell Fruscione says

    May 6, 2012 at 11:07 pm

    I love her already but even more so after reading that interview! She seems super nice.

    Reply
  18. Erika @Musings From a Stay At Home Mom says

    May 7, 2012 at 4:02 am

    Great interview! I love Cobie and she seems so down-to-earth too!

    Reply
  19. Nicole (Mama to 4 Blessings) says

    May 7, 2012 at 4:46 am

    WHAT AN AWESOME MOVIE!

    Reply
  20. Mudpies and Tiaras says

    May 7, 2012 at 5:56 am

    We have not seen the movie yet but it sounds good!

    Reply
  21. amber says

    May 7, 2012 at 6:29 am

    Such a neat experience. Thanks for sharing it.

    Reply
  22. Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy says

    May 7, 2012 at 8:10 am

    She was great and she is drop dead gorgeous!

    Reply
  23. Jenn says

    May 7, 2012 at 9:13 am

    Love her dress! The sleeves are so unique.

    Reply
  24. Stefanie says

    May 7, 2012 at 10:03 am

    Her dress is gorgeous!

    Reply
  25. Allison says

    May 7, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    This reminds me — I am quite behind on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. Thanks for the reminder. 😉

    Reply
  26. Marcie W. says

    May 7, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    I am in LOVE with the dress she wore with all of you. She seems like a very “real” celeb!

    Reply
  27. Toni @ Red Carpet Mama says

    May 11, 2012 at 5:34 am

    What a great experience!!

    Reply
  28. Virginia from That Bald Chick says

    May 11, 2012 at 9:41 pm

    What a neat opportunity.

    Reply
  29. Erika says

    May 25, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Wow! WOW! I saw the movie last weekend and I loved it – this is a great post. How cool that she is a mom – and I LOVE her dress – those cap sleeves are gorge. I don’t watch HIMYM but maybe I should!

    Reply

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