Captain America: Civil War - 5 Minor Characters Who Will Become Really Important
3. Peggy Carter
Yes, shes a massive character in the grand scheme of things, but shes been shunted way down the pecking order since the first Captain America film. Granted, thats because of the relentless, remorseless march of time and as much as hed like to, the Cap cant just sit chatting at her bedside all day. Shes a vague presence and a conceptual tool more than she is an actual character in The Winter Soldier, there to keep Cap grounded in his own era and remind the audience of the pathos thats inherent in the idea of seeing beyond ones years. However, the mechanics of how she becomes incredibly important again are very interesting. Theres a lot of talk on fan sites about the potential for havoc which Peggys death - which already looked pretty inevitable as she's 96 now, but which has been given a major boost by rumours of a funeral sequence featuring Union Jacks in abundance having been filmed - might wreak on Captain America and by extension the trajectory of his pack of Avengers. One theory holds that Peggys death will happen while Cap's off fighting Iron Mans pro-government forces overseas somewhere, and the resentment hell feel at having missed his best girls final moments will push him into either a blinding rage or a last-ditch attempt at rapprochement having seen how pointless the fighting actually is.
