THE official The Marvels cast has been revealed by Disney and Marvel Studios, and even if fans may not like some of them, the film’s casting confirms the return of many actors when the film premieres on 10 Nov.
Though the film is a sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel, which starred Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, The Marvels is also a sequel to Ms. Marvel, and it will also feature Teyonah Parris’ return as Monica Rambeau.
She was last seen in WandaVision. In the Disney+ series, Rambeau gained powers similar to his comic book alias, Photon. Rambeau is also the daughter of Maria, who was a close friend of Carol.
The third and youngest member of The Marvels triumvirate is Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan. As the lead of the Ms Marvel Disney+ series, Khan is also the first official mutant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She uses a magical bangle, rumoured to be related to the bangles in Shang-Chi, that allows her to use cosmic energy to create hard-light constructs (imagine the powers of DC Comics’ Green Lantern).
Joining the trio in the film is a cast of returning and new characters.
Currently in the ongoing Disney+’s Secret Invasion miniseries helping Skrulls, Samuel L. Jackson will return as Nick Fury in the film-side of the MCU in The Marvels, but the timeline is unclear on whether the series takes place before the film, or the other way around.
Standing on the opposite end of the spectrum to the Marvels and Fury is Dar-Benn, a Kree general and the film’s main antagonist. Coincidentally, Dar-Benn is played by Zawe Ashton, who is engaged to Tom Hiddleston, a permanent fixture in the MCU.
Ashton’s version of Dar-Benn may be different from the source material, as in the comics, the character was a male.
Another actor confirmed for the film is Park Seo-joon, whose official role is yet unknown.
The Khan family - Kamala’s parents, Muneeba and Yusuf, and brother Aamir - will also return.
