 An officer with the Strategic Scientific Reserve who works with Phillips on the super soldier project and the love interest of Rogers . Regarding her preparation for the role , she said , " I 'm training at the moment six days a week to make her a bit more military and make it convincing that I could kick butt . " About the character , Atwell stated , " I likened her character to that famous Ginger Rogers quote . She can do everything Captain America can do , but backwards and in high heels . She 's an English soldier through and through , although she always looks fabulous . She might stand there with a machine @-@ gun shooting Nazis , but she 's obviously gone to the loo beforehand and applied a bit of lipstick . She doesn 't need to be rescued . That 's exciting to me – her strength " . She added , " I think she 's quite stubborn , a slightly frustrated woman who struggles with being a woman in that time . But more importantly she 's a modern woman and she sees something in Captain America that she relates to , and becomes kindred spirits . He treats her very differently to how she 's been treated by lots of men , in this kind of dominated world she lives in . So she 's very much a fighter . " 
