On Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , Brett Dalton plays no-nonsense Agent Grant Ward. He sat down with BuzzFeed to talk about Ward’s softer side, Agent Coulson’s mysterious return, and what Nathan Fillion told him about joining the Whedonverse.
Agent Ward is serious, but he's got a fun side, too. Honest!
So far, we've seen Agent Grant Ward do a lot of scowling, but Dalton insists his character has a great sense of humor. "He is a very, on the surface, serious, straight-laced, razor’s edge kind of a guy. He’s the kind of guy who makes his bed every morning and it’s military crisp, and has a Spartan-like living situation that’s perfectly clean," Dalton said, before suggesting we look deeper into Ward. "I always thought he was funny and I never saw him as serious, and I never played him as serious. I saw the humor in it from the very beginning."
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And he will be opening up, at least a little.
"I think he’s learning to trust in the team more and other people more, and that’s a big step," Dalton said of Ward moving toward being a little less of an island.
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There is a Ward-centric episode on the horizon.
"There are a couple of episodes that emphasize one character maybe a little more than others, and there’s one coming up that emphasizes Ward," Dalton teased. "You get to know a little bit more about his past." As it turns out, that serious demeanor isn't something Ward was born with. "He’s not the way he is for nothing," Dalton continued. "He is that straight laced and buttoned up because his life has led him to that point."
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While Ward is the muscle of the group, Dalton still has no idea what he's doing.
"None of the action was involved in the audition, and so, I think they just kind of assumed that I could do it all, and they still assume that I can do it all," Dalton said. "And I just don’t want to say no. They keep writing in this really cool and crazy stuff for me to do, and I just keep saying, 'Yeah, sure, I can do that.'" Fingers crossed!
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