A lot of MCU character are returning for prequelCaptain Marvel . The prequel may   see a totally novel submarine enter the MCU , but despite being set in the yesteryear , there ’s still mess of way for crossovers and cameos .

The twenty-first film set in the MCU superstar Oscar victor Brie Larson as Carol Danvers , a former United States Air Force pilot who , following an accident , becomes   half - Kree and   develops superpowers that make her the most powerful Cuban sandwich in the   universe . WhenCaptain Marvelbegins , Carol is an amnesiac appendage of a Kree military unit calledStarforcegoing by the name of Vers , but soon returns to Earth to discover her past - and more secrets besides . Beingset in the 1990s , this see her run into several conversant faces ( a couple of them are pass away in the present mean solar day ) .

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you could always ask cameos in Marvel movies , but this fourth dimension they ’re replicate as surprise backstory . Here are the existing MCU characters who   render inCaptain Marvel .

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Nick Fury

sea captain Marvelis an beginning story of sorting for Nick Fury ( Samuel L. Jackson ) . Long before he was the enigmatic , trenchcoat - wearing director of S.H.I.E.L.D. , at this point in his life , Fury has a full head of hairsbreadth , two eye , and wears the standard grim suit and tie-in of a S.H.I.E.L.D. field factor . By his own entree , Fury was a desk jockey about to renounce the agency . This was before Carol Danvers crash to Earth , whom Fury in his voice over recognizes as"a renegade soldier"who"comes from above " , when he helps her out by bringing her into S.H.I.E.L.D.

This meeting leave Fury with the motivation and opportunity to become S.H.I.E.L.D. Director and , eventually , recover the Avengers , with his interactions with Captain Marvel   adding nuance to his future coming upon with the superheroes he helped meet into the Avengers . As well as explain where the eye - patch came from , Captain Marvelalso marks the first coming into court of Fury ’s beeper , which he used to reach Carol before he faded to debris   in the post - credits scene ofAvengers : Infinity War .

Phil Coulson

Though his lifespan and career continued for five season onMarvel ’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , as far as most of the multitude in the moving picture ' MCU are cognisant , Phil Coulson ( Clark Gregg ) was obliterate by Loki duringThe Avengers . Captain Marvelbrings Gregg back to show Coulson in his rookie years with the spy office ( and lark about a fuller psyche of hair ) ; in the movie , he ’s a new recruit but one who shows Brobdingnagian allegiance to Fury and an more personal approach to cases .

For fan of the show , however , it decease a bit deeper : meeting the half - Kree Carol Danvers is a major foreshadowing of how Coulson will be resurrected via Kree technology two decade later .

Ronan

Ronan the Accuser   ( Lee Pace ) was the villain ofGuardians of the Galaxy ,   a   powerful but mad drumbeater who allied with Thanos and wanted to use the Power Stone to pass over out the Kree ’s enemy , the satellite Xandar . Though Ronan died in that film , Captain Marvelbrings   him back to his early class as a luxuriously - rate and influential extremity of Kree society .

Two tenner beforeGuardians , Ronan already exert his war hammer , the Cosmi - Rod , and   has a penchant for carpet - bombing planets .

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Korath

Korath the Pursuer ( Djimon Hounsou ) is another conversant face fan will remember fromGuardians of the Galaxy . He was a mercenary bring for Ronan and first encounter Peter Quill ( Chris Pratt ) when Star - Lord unearthed the Orb , which call on out to be the Power Stone .

InCaptain Marvel , Korath is a member of Starforce and one of Carol Danvers ' teammates in the elite Kree version of Seal Team 6 . While his   part in the movie is swooning , there ’s hints at how he begins to doubt the mainline Kree creed and will eventually side with Ronan .

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