We've already had a touch of Thor's home world Asgard on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.LD." But starting tonight, it's a full-scale invasion as Sif (Jaimie Alexander) guest stars, teaming up with the Agents to find a runaway sorceress named Lorelai (Elena Satine).
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"Well, funny enough I had seen Clark Gregg at a party about two weeks before I got the call from Marvel," Alexander told us over the phone in advance of the episode. "And he said, 'Hey, so I was curious if ever 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' ever wanted you to appear, would you be game? Would you do it?' And I said, 'Oh yeah, Clark, you know I'd do anything for ya.' Two weeks later I got this phone call, and I said, aw, he was buttering me up." Though Alexander has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe multiple times, Lady Sif hasn't been the best developed of characters. She's often turned up to offer some advice to Thor, or fight in a big battle sequence. Here on TV, Alexander finally got to bring some of the promise that always existed on screen. "In the films we would shoot many scenes with Lady Sif, but they would end up getting cut for story purposes, or for time purposes," Alexander recalled. "It was one of those things where I've done things before in the films but they haven't aired. So for me, it was showing more vulnerability, showing more compassion. You do get to see that side in the films, but its very short lived. ...