"What If...Agatha Went to Hollywood?" is the second episode of the third season of the Disney+ streaming television series, What If...? and the twentieth episode of the series overall. The episode was written by Matthew Chauncey and Ryan Little, after a story by Bryan Andrews, Matthew Chauncey, and Ryan Little and directed by Bryan Andrews. It premiered on December 23, 2024.
Synopsis
Howard Stark may have helped the Allies win World War II…but what he really wants to do is direct! On the set of Stark Pictures’ first production, the playboy auteur quickly finds himself enchanted by his bewitching lead actress, Agatha Harkness. Little does she know there will be another superpower co-star on the call sheet…Kingo.
Cast
Main cast
- Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher
- Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness
- Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo
- Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark
- James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis
- David Kaye as Arishem
Guest stars
- Terri Douglas as Additional Voices
- Piotr Michael as Additional Voices
- Kaitlyn Robrock as Additional Voices
- Fred Tatasciore as Additional Voices
- Kari Wahlgren as Additional Voices
- Matthew Wolf as Additional Voices
- Matthew Wood as Additional Voices
- Shelby Young as Additional Voices
Trivia
- This episode appears to make reference to the second season of Agent Carter, in which Howard Stark moved to Los Angeles and founded his own film studio.
- Another divergence from the Sacred Timeline appears to be Howard Stark deciding to make musicals instead of Westerns like he did in the series.
- The gong being rung at the start of the episode may be a homage to the Gongman, the logo for The Rank Organization, known for such films as Dead of Night and the Carry On film series.
- Bernard Stark, the flamingo who appears in the second season of Agent Carter, makes a brief cameo appearance on the studio lot.
- Agatha defeats Arishem by tricking him into thinking her magic attacks missed him, when she was actually casting runes to bind him, similar to how the Wanda Maximoff does the same to Agatha herself in the Sacred Timeline.
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