“The character started as a sexy secretary with a skillset on the side, and … the next time we saw her in Avengers she was one of the boys, and that made sense then,” she said. “I remember when Lizzie [Olsen] signed on, and Cobie [Smulders] was there, we were just clinging to each other. I felt like I had been in this testosterone-fest for such a long time, it was so nice to see other female cast members, and then with Brie [Larson] coming on, and Karen [Gillan], and Danai [Gurira], I feel like I’m amongst so many wonderful actors.”