▁to ▁tell — wh ether ▁it ' s ▁connect ivity ▁to ▁the ▁Marvel ▁Un iverse , ▁or ▁it ' s ▁highlight ing ▁a ▁character . ▁In ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Hay ley , ▁it ' s ▁a ▁little ▁bit ▁of ▁both . ▁We ▁wanted ▁to ▁tell ▁Peg gy ▁Carter ' s ▁story — she ' s ▁been ▁left ▁back ▁in ▁the ▁' 4 0 s . ▁Ann oun cing ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁running ▁S . H . I . E . L . D . ▁with ▁Howard ▁St ark ▁is ▁a ▁great ▁connect ivity ." ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁Agent ▁Carter ▁was ▁fil med ▁over ▁five ▁days , ▁with ▁Gabriel ▁Ber ist ain ▁serving ▁as ▁cinemat ograph er . ▁The ▁budget ▁did ▁not ▁allow ▁for ▁a ▁story board ▁artist ▁to ▁be ▁h ired , ▁so ▁D ' Esp os ito , ▁W inder baum , ▁and ▁Ber ist ain ▁worked ▁together ▁to ▁plan ▁a ▁shot ▁list ▁for ▁the ▁production ▁using ▁stand - in ▁actors . ▁The ▁st un ts ▁were ▁also ▁pre - fil med ▁to ▁show ▁the ▁actors . ▁D ' Esp os ito ▁explained ▁that ▁having ▁the ▁sh ots ▁planned ▁helped ▁with ▁planning ▁the ▁visual ▁effects ▁for ▁the ▁film . ▁The ▁mid - cred its ▁scene ▁with ▁Ne al ▁Mc Don ough ▁as ▁Dum ▁Dum ▁D ug an ▁was ▁planned ▁to ▁show ▁the ▁character ▁in ▁a ▁pool , ▁but ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁changed ▁on ▁set ▁to ▁taking ▁place ▁beside ▁the ▁pool ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁mus cle ▁suit