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    Agatha All Along Nudity ‘First’ Was All Kathryn Hahn’s Idea — And a ‘Point of Pride for Us,’ Says EP

    By Matt Webb Mitovich,

    23 days ago
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    The following contains spoilers from the first episode of Agatha All Along, now streaming on Disney+ (along with Episode 2) .

    That Agatha Harkness is a cheeky one.

    The first episode of Agatha All Along , Disney+’s follow-up to WandaVision , found Agnes O’Connor — Agatha’s Westview hex persona — working as a Mare of Easttown -like police detective, investigating the discovery of a dead body.

    The deceased, it was clear (by her clothes, the dirt of Eastern European origin found under her nails, and then the toe tag), was none other than Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch, whom Agatha battled in the WandaVision finale (and who later died in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ).

    That truth started nudging Agatha out of her “Agnes” shell, a process that was hurried along by a fellow LEO (but really, a witch named Rio) played by Aubrey Plaza. Agatha quickly cycled through several of her Westview looks as her true identity resurfaced. She then darted across the street — buck naked, but obstructed by hair and hedges — to confer with her neighbor Herb.

    Unclothed Agatha then raced back to her house, this time outright flashing viewers with one of only two bare butt shots ever seen in 16 years of the MCU, the other being Thor’s involuntary, swoon-inducing disrobing in 2022’s Thor: Love and Thunder .

    The sorceress’ bared bum, even amidst a comedic sequence, not only stands out in the MCU, but surely also is a first for any Disney+ original.

    Did Agatha All Along executive producer Jac Schaeffer, who also directed the premiere, need to negotiate the fleeting nudity with Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige?

    “Yes,” Schaeffer tells TVLine in the video above, though “‘negotiate’ is maybe the wrong word.”

    Schaeffer then rewinds a bit to explain how in the original script, Agatha emerged naked from the spell Wanda had cast — “She’s taken all of her performative selves off” — but then grabbed a robe. “And Kathryn [Hahn] came to me and was like, ‘Would Agatha stop to get a robe…? I feel like she would go out there naked.'”

    Hahn “was so up for it,” says Schaeffer.

    Marvel Studios chief Feige’s initial reaction, meanwhile, was one of “Really?” — but ultimately approval, says Schaeffer.

    After all, Schaeffer notes, the scene “is so firmly based in character. It is not exploitative, it is not sexual…. It is about this witch and what her priorities are. And in this moment, she needs answers and she doesn’t care if she’s naked or not. So yeah, it’s a point of pride for us.”

    Want scoop on Agatha All Along , or for any other Marvel TV show ? Email InsideLine@tvline.com , and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line!

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