The thing is, the world may never know because the mega-star has become notoriously secret about his personal life. Maybe that’s true, or maybe Cruise and Atwell were just colleagues, and all the romance talk could have even been for PR. LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 19: Hayley Atwell attends the UK Premiere and Royal Film Performance of “Top Gun: Maverick” at Leicester Square on in London, England. Nonetheless, another source insisted to The Sun that “Tom and Hayley’s relationship was genuine.” The Sun reported Friday that the relationship has been called off again, and it said that Atwell has begun dating music producer Ned Wolfgang Kelly. “Things had cooled off but they’re now back in touch quite a lot and appear to be growing closer again,” a source told The Sun in May. The Sun said the romance was first called off last September, then resurrected before the “Top Gun” premiere. It’s hard to know how seriously to take the news that Cruise was involved in a serious, long-term relationship with the British-American actor, which The Sun said began in 2020. The Sun also reported that Atwell, 40, has already moved on with a new boyfriend, having broken up with Cruise after being seen at the London premiere in May for his blockbuster new film, “Top Gun: Maverick.” Whether or not Atwell returns to the MCU in a live-action capacity, audiences will be able to get their Captain Carter fix when she returns to Disney+ for What If.? season 2.As Tom Cruise turned 60 over the weekend, a UK tabloid report delivered some bad news, saying that the handsome, charismatic and seemingly ageless actor had been “dumped” for a second time by his “Mission: Impossible” co-star, Hayley Atwell According to Marvel producer Brad Winderbaum, Captain Carter ended up being an important character within the series' multiverse plot going forward and has been intertwined with the narrative of the show's future seasons. With Captain Carter's live-action future still up in the air as a result of her brutal demise in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Atwell's beloved character is already confirmed to reappear in What If.? season 2. With the recent introduction of Captain Carter, Atwell may already have her next step in the character's development. It appears that Atwell has no desire to stop and wants to continue as a part of the MCU but only if the character has moved from a secondary role to one that commands her own project. Atwell also expressed the desire to that her character has evolved past her established persona into something greater. With Atwell's response, it appears that she truly enjoyed her time playing the character and coming back one more time in the extraordinary role of Captain Carter. I'd like her to have that opportunity because then I feel like I have something.much more interesting to offer you guys.' And that can't come until certain people in positions of power - namely the men - seed their power and offer her that platform.

But there is one thing that she deserves, which is agency in the world. But I want everyone to realize her value and the same way that it essentially her own self-esteem and dignity comes from that sense of she knows her worth she just gets on with her job she works for the sake of work with dignity and she loves it. Anyone else's opinion doesn't matter,' that's really good.

'When she says, you know her tagline, 'I know my value. 'You know, in some ways a lot of people that she's a minor player and it wouldn't make sense if I would continue to be a minor player in that if it felt like well this is a different time and also particularly as a woman with everything that's happened in the last few years.' And I want more to do and because I feel that fans deserve that.'

And the experience I've had in playing her has given me the most incredible opportunity to hone my particular craft in this franchise.

And I would love to feel that if Marvel did find a home for her that it's a home that feels worthy of her in terms of evolution as a character and development as a character.

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