'Avengers' star Clark Gregg: 'I don't want Coulson to die in Iron Man 3'

Clark Gregg has admitted that he is scared that his character will be killed off in Iron Man 3.

The actor plays Agent Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D., the law enforcement agency that deals with superhuman threats in the Marvel comics.

He told Crave Online: "I'm talking to them about doing Iron Man 3 right now, and somebody's going, 'Maybe Agent Coulson should die', and I'm like, 'Hey, hey, hey! This is the best job I've ever had! Stop talking about killing Agent Coulson off'.

"I'm flattered that people care, but I wish they would stop saying this because they're going to put it in somebody's mind!"

Gregg was asked to reprise his role in The Avengers by director Joss Whedon after appearing as Agent Coulson in the Iron Man franchise and 2011's Thor.

The star also revealed that Whedon has promised not to kill his character off in the film.

"When we were doing the panel for Thor at Comic Con, right before we went on stage Joss Whedon comes over and introduces himself and says, 'I wrote you a really big part in The Avengers. Can I introduce you as part of the cast of The Avengers, with Robert Downey, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo? Everyone's here'.

"And I was like, 'Yeah, I think that would be okay!'"

He will be voicing Coulson in the planned cartoon series Ultimate Spider-Man in 2012.

In August, Robert Downey Jr said that he is only taking on the role of Iron Man again because Kiss Kiss Bang Bang director Shane Black has signed on for the third film.

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