Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon mean to introduceCaptain Marvelyears ago , inAvengers : Age of Ultron- but Kevin Feige had other ideas . asterisk Brie Larson as the nominal hero , Captain Marvelis the MCU ’s first female - leave solo superhero motion-picture show . So far , it looks set to be another blockbuster hit;IMAX presales are get across in the lead ofWonder WomanorThor : Ragnarok .
Fans really begin take for a distaff superhero film back in 2012 , in the aftermath ofThe Avengers . Marvel contract placard , and a number of name were tossed out in interview at the time ; Black Widow , Peggy Carter , Pepper Potts - and Captain Marvel . Kevin Feige favored doing an origin news report , and so attention shift on to Carol Danvers . In October 2014 , Marvel finally corroborate thatCaptain Marvelwould be part of the Phase 3 slate .
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The only question was just how Marvel should introduce her , and rumors began to circulate that Captain Marvel would actually make her entry inAvengers : Age of Ultron . astonishingly , Kevin Feige allow these rumors were in reality based on early gulp of the handwriting ; as he explain in an interview withBirth . movie . Death , Joss Whedon had been keen to introduce Carol Danvers .
" [ Captain Marvel ] was in a draft . But to me , it would have done that character a disservice , to meet her to the full formed , in a costume and part of the Avengers already when 99 % of the audience would go , ' Who is that ? ' It ’s just not the way we ’ve done it before … The way of life we reveal Scarlet Witch [ in costume ] at the end of the film ? Those were Captain Marvel plate shots . Joss said , ' We ’ll cast her by and by ! ' And I said , ' Yeah Joss , we ’ll cast her later . ' [ whisper to an unseeable associate degree who is n’t Joss ] ' We ’re not place her in there ! '
lastly Joss was like ' have ’s use those plates to let Scarlet Witch vanish into inning , give her a crowing entrance ? ' And that build sense - she ’s come to their side , and she deserves the nerveless intro , which will feed into another movie we start frivol away in a few week . "
In Feige ’s view , Captain Marvel was a title character who merit better than to be arbitrarily discard in at the closing of a movie . He compared Whedon ’s idea with the introduction of Thanos ; the unbalanced Titan was introduced in such a way as to clearly be a villain , set up a major storyline . In contrast , this cameo would have feel utterly random , with watcher not having a clue who this fresh role was . So the FX dental plate were at last used to introduce Scarlet Witch instead . That jibe absolutely with Wanda ’s character arc ; by the end of the film she ’d chosen to step out and battle Ultron alongside the Avengers , proving herself a desirable extremity of the team . What ’s more , the flying panorama subtly expanded Scarlet Witch ’s powerset , setting her up forCaptain America : Civil Warand evenAvengers : Infinity War .
Curiously , though , one prospect of Whedon ’s idea has remained . He clear imagined a scenario where Carol Danvers was already an established superhero in the MCU , albeit one who ’d never been seen or admit by the films before . In just the same style , Captain Marvelis localise in 1995 , fundamentally serving asa backdoor prequel to the full MCU . That means Carol Danvers will have been swear out as a superhero for decades before she teams up with the Avengers in struggle against Thanos inAvengers : Endgame .
It ’s riveting to opine how other than the MCU would have play out had Whedon gotten his way . Carol Danvers would have been part of bothCaptain America : Civil War , where she ’d presumably have picked a side . Perhaps she ’d have chosen Team Cap , with her phenomenal world power - levels matched against Vision ’s . Whatever determination she ’d have made , though , Captain Marvel would for certain have been on hand to battle Thanos when his forces invaded Earth inAvengers : Infinity War- but it ’s unacceptable to say how things would have turn out .
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