Annette Bening Joins Captain Marvel Cast in Secret Role
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Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening is finally adding a superhero movie to her esteemed filmography. Bening is joining Brie Larson in Captain Marvel (dir. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck), per THR, the first woman-led film from Marvel Studios. The film—arguably the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most important, behind only the Infinity War follow-up—began production in March, is currently shooting in and around Los Angeles, and will also shoot in Louisiana.
Oscar winner Larson stars as Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot whose DNA fuses with that of a Kree alien after an accident, instilling her with extraordinary powers, including flight, superhuman strength and durability, and the ability to fire concussive bursts of energy with her hands. Infinity War’s post-credits scene teased the character, who may appear in the follow-up, but her solo movie is set in the ‘90s, long before the events of any of the Avengers films.
Also starring in the film are Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn (who will reportedly play its villain, the leader of the Skrulls) and Gemma Chan (Humans), along with Djimon Hounsou and Lee Pace, who will reprise their Guardians of the Galaxy roles, and Samuel L. Jackson, who is expected to appear as Nick Fury. DeWanda Wise was also attached to the film at one point, though she has since exited due to scheduling conflicts with her Netflix series, She’s Gotta Have It.
Anyway, back to Bening: For now, all that’s known about her character is that she is a scientist. Multiple reports maintain that she is expected to play Carol Danvers’ mother, although that character was not a scientist in the Captain Marvel comics.
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