Evan Peters made a surprise return to the MCU, reprising his role as Ralph Bohner in Agatha All Along. The Disney+ series has been following Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) and Billy (Joe Locke) as they journey down the Witches Road, but episode six, "Familiar by Thy Side," served as a backstory for the latter character. That's where we saw Peters back as Ralph, a character that originated in 2021's WandaVision. In that series, Ralph was a Westview resident who was manipulated by Agatha Harkness into impersonating Pietro Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch's twin brother.
During a conversation with Deadline, Agatha All Along creator and showrunner Jac Schaeffer spoke about getting Peters back on the screen as Ralph Bohner:
" I mean, if we're up to me, Evan Peters as Ralph Bohner would be in [everything]. I had a list of prerequisites for this show, and I've been talking about them a lot ... and I'm always like, 'Well, you know, we needed music, and we needed hair, makeup, wardrobe. These are the things that we need. We're defining witchcraft in the MCU.' The thing that I couldn't say was Evan Peters. It always included Evan Peters, no matter what. My document for the writers was like, 'Here's Agatha and here's Billy and here's what we're doing, and also Evan Peters.' I can't remember how we came up with the idea that he would provide this exposition dump, but I'm so proud of us, because Evan is so captivating and it is such a magic trick, literally, that he is able to to handle so much exposition for us and make all of it entertaining."
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Schaeffer shared that she wanted to include Westview residents as a way to ground the story in the experiences of ordinary people, even in a world filled with superheroes. Schaeffer believes Ralph's perspective, as someone "who truly suffered during the events of 'WandaVision,'" provided a compelling arc. In a separate interview (via Variety), Schaeffer revealed that getting Peters to reprise the role "was a very easy call." Noting that Peters "has the absolute best attitude about everything," she shared how he brought ideas for the character, including the totem of animal skulls used by Ralph in the series:
"He made it from, like, props and things that they had on the day. That hat has all these etchings in it -- that was his idea. The witch spray was his idea. He just jumps all the way in."
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Peters has several projects lined up, including next year's Tron: Ares, where he stars alongside Jared Leto, Greta Lee, and Jodie Turner-Smith. He is also set to reunite with American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy for the upcoming FX series The Beauty. Adapted from the 2016 graphic novel of the same name by Jeremy Haun and Jason Howard, The Beauty is about a sexually transmitted disease that causes aesthetic effects. Production is set to commence this fall, and Peters will star alongside Anthony Ramos, Ashton Kutcher, and Jeremy Pope. Whether Peters will make his way back to American Horror Story remains to be seen, but Murphy recently hinted at the possibility of bringing him and Sarah Paulson back to the horror anthology series.
Agatha All Along premiered on Disney+ on September 18. New episodes stream on Wednesdays, with the final two episodes set to air on October 30.
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Starring Kathryn Hahn as the titular Marvel witch, Agatha All Along reveals how Scarlet Witch's enemy broke Wanda Maximoff's binding spell at the end of WandaVision. Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, Emma Caulfield, and Ali Ahn join Hahn in the MCU Phase 5 spinoff series, released on Disney+.
