Agatha All Alongside’s Joe Locke on His Secretive Teen Position

Each Marvel present and movie spawns fan theories, however the fervor round WandaVision took issues to a brand new pitch. From speculations about Mephisto and Reed Richards to a secret tenth episode, MCU followers had been decided to resolve the present’s mysteries, for higher and worse.

The upcoming Agatha All Alongside will spawn loads of theories of its personal, nevertheless it sounds just like the crew has realized from WandaVision and is set to not let issues get so uncontrolled. In an interview with actor Joe Locke (who performs Agatha’s tagalong merely often known as “Teen”), the Hollywood Reporter famous showrunner Jac Schaeffer took “further steps” to cease the theorycrafting from getting so chaotic. For Teen, this was inspired by selecting to mute or visually censor him each time he mentions something about his background or id. Regardless of considering all of the secrecy was “actually irritating” “at first, Locke finally got here round on the necessity to preserve issues near the chest.

“Secrets and techniques are secrets and techniques for a motive,” he defined. “If I used to be capable of discuss it now, it will smash the entire level of the present, and that’s what retains me having the ability to preserve a secret.” What’s not a secret is how a lot Locke loved enjoying the character, not simply because it’s Marvel, but additionally since Teen let him play a extra “mysterious and sophisticated character” than his earlier roles. Essentially the most thrilling factor for him can be seeing how audiences take to Teen and his development all through the sequence. “The Teen we see within the first 4 or so episodes could be very completely different to the Teen we see within the final couple of episodes,” he teased. “Even on this press day, individuals are speaking concerning the character, and I’m like, ‘Ah, that’s what you suppose now.’”

Agatha All Alongside premieres September 18 on Disney+.

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