rarely has a performer been able to create an image as elusive interesting and slightly terrifying as Aubrey Plaza the actress Rose to Fame in the seminal Amy polar comedy Parks and Recreation with fans becoming intrigued by her purposefully drab approach to acting and unique brand of emop punk perfection it's a dark energy that Plaza continued in various roles often serving as an uncannily funny punctuation to whatever film she's a part of and bettering the plot through her effortless performances she's developed an Infamous reputation through her Works which is why her Casting in Marvel's newest series Agatha all along is so thrilling created by Jack schaer this one division spin-off sees Plaza as a member of the main character's new coven it's been promoted as a horror series making audiences wonder if this actress could turn a Marvel adaptation into something genuinely frightening though that actually already exists because long before Agatha all along another Marvel project touched on the darker aspects of this comic Universe bringing its scariest stories to life and making Plaza the epicenter of its superhuman Terror if you're excited to see Plaza Flex her ability to scare but they only need to watch her performance as Lenny Busker in fx's Legion to learn the actress can turn any story into a Non-Stop horror show Aubrey Plaza lifts all the projects she's in long before Legion or Agatha all along Aubrey Plaza rocketed to fame for her starring role in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation as the Moody intern April L8 while the performer has certainly grown since this early role April helped Define Plaza's entire career she was dramatized as overly goth and Moody but the character's ability to unnerve others while appearing effortlessly cool created a ghastly confidence that Plaza still embodies to this day it's an energy that helped her excel in dark tone projects like Emily the criminal and black bear each entry showing her ability to body complex Concepts while still injecting plots with her unique brand of uncanny humor it's a humor that the actress has flexed in various other projects from the White Lotus to the little hours with Plaza always keeping audiences on their toes by taking on wildly different roles and refusing to be pigeon hold into the Moody box that started her career the MCU has been transfixed with horror in recent years with W division also created by Schaefer igniting the Studio's urge to scare audiences this project focused on Wanda maximoff's Elizabeth Olsen superpowered grief and along with offering numerous terrifying scenes introduced audiences to the spellcaster Agatha Harkness Katherine Han it was exciting to hear that Harkness would be getting her own spin-off but the mcu's ability to land the horror elements was in doubt W division was a masterclass in fear but other recent scary projects like doctor strange and the Multiverse of Madness have faltered while that nervousness is Justified Aubrey Plaza is a Saving Grace for any project hoping to imbue its stories of superher Heroes with unadulterated horror because before Plaza was cast as the green witch Rio Vidal she was the most disturbing part of Legion created by Noah Holly the possessed monster Lenny busker