“How I Met Your Mother” star Cobie Smulders plays S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in Marvel Studios upcoming superhero sausage-fest The Avengers. As one of only two heroines in the film (Scarlett Johansson is Black Widow), the 28-year-old Canuck understands that a lot is riding on her camel-toe catsuit.

She tells Zap2It:

We start in April, which is like… tomorrow. I literally leave here and I go to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to shoot some scenes in a catsuit. I’ve tried on portions of the catsuit and I’ve seen conceptual drawings of what they want it to be.

It’s fascinating to me. I feel like wardrobe becomes very creative on these types of movies because they literally spend weeks designing just the pants or the emblem. It’s such an all-consuming process, so I’m excited to see how it all turns out.

Here’s hoping Marvel’s pants team is as creative as these talented peeps: