Agents Of SHIELD Star Ming-Na Wen Has Blunt Response To MCU Return Questions
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Wen recently appeared on Katee Sackhoof's podcast, The Sackhoff Show, where she was asked by her fellow Star Wars co-star about her time in the MCU. Despite having been on Agents of SHIELD, the longest-running Marvel TV show, Wen has not been asked by Marvel Studios to return to the franchise, sharing the following thoughts:
[indent] Katee Sackhoof: I wanted to talk about Agents of SHIELD, because you have already worked for Marvel, basically, but have you had meetings about Marvel? Because you've been in this Disney family now., have they ever called?
[/indent][indent] Ming-Na Wen: No, they have not...it's weird, Agents of SHIELD sort of became a separate entity for whatever reason because it was on the network as opposed to streaming. I think there's some, and this is where my oblivousness also helps because I don't understand it, so you're asking the wrong person, I just know that there's some sort of division.
[/indent][indent] Katee Sackhoof: Was it that Agents of SHIELD was one of those sort of last shows that I feel like Marvel did that was a standard network television show?
[/indent][indent] Ming-Na Wen: Yeah, but we were the first, so you think we should get some accolade for helping launch Marvel in what the TV [department] that it is now.
[/indent] Source: The Sackhoff Show/YouTube
- Ming-Na Wen has not been approached by Marvel Studios to return to the MCU post Agents of SHIELD.
- Wen feels Agents of SHIELD became a separate entity due to a network vs. streaming issue.
- Ming-Na Wen believes Agents of SHIELD deserves credit for helping launch the Marvel TV department.
Wen recently appeared on Katee Sackhoof's podcast, The Sackhoff Show, where she was asked by her fellow Star Wars co-star about her time in the MCU. Despite having been on Agents of SHIELD, the longest-running Marvel TV show, Wen has not been asked by Marvel Studios to return to the franchise, sharing the following thoughts:
[indent] Katee Sackhoof: I wanted to talk about Agents of SHIELD, because you have already worked for Marvel, basically, but have you had meetings about Marvel? Because you've been in this Disney family now., have they ever called?
[/indent][indent] Ming-Na Wen: No, they have not...it's weird, Agents of SHIELD sort of became a separate entity for whatever reason because it was on the network as opposed to streaming. I think there's some, and this is where my oblivousness also helps because I don't understand it, so you're asking the wrong person, I just know that there's some sort of division.
[/indent][indent] Katee Sackhoof: Was it that Agents of SHIELD was one of those sort of last shows that I feel like Marvel did that was a standard network television show?
[/indent][indent] Ming-Na Wen: Yeah, but we were the first, so you think we should get some accolade for helping launch Marvel in what the TV [department] that it is now.
[/indent] Source: The Sackhoff Show/YouTube
