During the Comic-Con press conference for "Agents of SHIELD," fans witnessed the hotly anticipated return of Cobie Smulders in the pilot. The "How I Met Your Mother" actress spoke to reporters about how she returned to the Marvel Universe and spoke about whether she might make more appearances in the series.
"Like Maria Hill's a very highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. official, I'm a very highly trained not teller of news to anybody," Smulders joked. "Literally, even when I'm talking to friends, I'm like, 'Can I just tell you that I came from the S.H.I.E.L.D. set? Can I even say that? No.' Obviously when I did it, it was told to me not to say anything. As I was doing press for 'Safe Haven,' a movie that I did a while ago, people kept asking about S.H.I.E.L.D. - at that point I had signed on, but I hadn't done it - so I was like, 'You know, it's a great project. If Maria Hill can be part of the universe, great. Clark's involved and he's the best.' It's nice that it's something I can finally talk about."
Her job in the pilot was to reveal how Agent Coulson came back to life after dying in "The Avengers." Executive Producer Joss Whedon had been the one to propose the idea to Smulders.
"He thought that it would be cool if Maria Hill - and it's so true - was able to basically tell the audience that Coulson is alive," she revealed. "It's the best job ever."
Regarding her return to the series, Smulders remained reserved.
"We don't have anything scheduled or figured out yet," Smulders said. "It's a great show. [Executive producers] Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, who are running it, are fantastic, and obviously Joss Whedon, if he's around, he's going to be a little bit busy come the New Year. I loved everybody, but they're an amazing group of actors, so I feel like we'll see if there's even time for Maria Hill to come back because they're just going to have such great story lines anyway."
The show premieres Tuesday, September 24 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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