That streak has fortunately now been broken by WandaVision, which features Darcy in an important supporting role – but it is interesting to note that the performance took a bit of an extra effort from the actor, who evidently had to do some research to recapture the snarky scientist’s specific voice.
It’s been a surprisingly long time since we last saw Kat Dennings’ Darcy Lewis.
As a result, it’s bizarrely been nearly a decade since we last saw the character.
She made a great impression as one of the key human roles in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, and then returned two years later for the sequel, Alan Taylor’s Thor: The Dark World, but with Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok mostly being set away from Earth, she didn’t wind up with a role to play in that story.