Agents of SHIELD star breaks silence on s6 appearance
Warning: this article contains spoilers for the Agents of SHIELD season five finale 'The End'
Clark Gregg has confirmed there is "interest" in having his character Phil Coulson return to Agents of SHIELD season six in some capacity.
The actor has played the SHIELD agent-turned-director on the ABC series since it began, but it looked like his number was up in the season five finale 'The End'.
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The episode, which was initially written as a "satisfying end" to the series, saw Coulson sacrifice his life by refusing to take the Centipede serum and succumbing to the fate he accepted when he made a deal with Ghost Rider (Gabriel Luna) in season four in order to save Daisy (Chloe Bennet), defeat Talbot (Adrian Pasdar) and save the world.
Viewers then saw Coulson travel to Tahiti to live out his final weeks with May before he died, although his death was not shown on screen.
So, is he really dead?
While we can't answer that, we can confirm actor Clark Gregg "hopes to be involved" with the show's now confirmed sixth season, although he is adamant that Coulson "is no longer alive".
"My understanding is that Phil Coulson is no longer alive," Gregg told The Hollywood Reporter.
"I don't think there is a real buy back for the fact that this deal he made with the Ghost Rider is killing his body.
"I know there is some interest in having me involved in this 13-episode season six.
"I don't know in what form that will take, whether that will be flashbacks or hopefully some sexy dreams that Melinda May is having. [Laughs.] That would be nice. But that's all I know so far."
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He added: "I'm available for whatever they need me to do and we'll just be figuring it out. We just got picked up a few days ago. That's what we'll have to figure out going forward.
"I hope to be involved, maybe I'll be an LMD or maybe I'll be in a C-3P0 suit and I'll be everybody's starchy Brit robot."
Agents of SHIELD airs on ABC in the US.
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