The Captain Marvel sequel is still in the works and has a newly added actress to the cast. Zawe Ashton, Tom Hiddleston’s fiancée, will join the upcoming MCU film. We also knew that Ashton was expecting a child with Hiddleston, a pioneer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Although it is not known what the role of the actress will be in the production of Captain Marvel 2, we know that she will play a villain. This would be Ashton’s first time making a movie tied to this comic book universe. She joins several new additions, like Iman Vellani, who plays Miss Wonder in the Disney+ series.
Ashton said she also doesn’t know what role she will play. Zawe Ashton didn’t even know she would be chosen until recently. She also expressed excitement about taking on a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time.
Zawe Ashton Joins Captain Marvel 2
Zawe Ashton is the new addition for Captain Marvel 2. The actress herself made it public in an interview with vanity lounge, stating that she had not planned her participation in the casting of the villainous character. The actress said she was considering quitting acting moments before the casting.
In the interview, Ashton explained which direction she was headed before the casting, detailing, “I didn’t see the pendulum swing hard enough and thought my time might be better spent behind a computer or potentially behind a camera. I remained unrepresented for a moment. While I was on Broadway, I really emptied the decks. I needed to re-enter the business in a very new way.
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Zawe Ashton stressed that she wanted to help directors of color, being of Guanda descent. “I have my team that I wanted to put at the service of novice directors. Specifically, female directors of color for the first time. Don’t throw me into a bunch of auditions. Set me up with Zooms where I can understand how I, in the sea of people they might want to choose, can help understand or activate them.
Concluding the interview, she shared how the Zoom interview with director Nia Dacosta went and her thoughts on the interview. “One of the first people I was set up on a Zoom with was Nia DaCosta, and we vibed really high. We actually absolutely adored Jane Austen and Persuasion. She’s an incredibly intellectual and intelligent woman. I loved Little Woods, her first movie, and I knew she had Candyman coming. We signed on after a few hours, Let’s do something, even if it costs five to make. Then she called and told me asked if I wanted to do his new movie. I was like, yeah, absolutely! Where are we? In the backwaters somewhere? How big is the budget? And it was this follow-up to Captain Marvel, which didn’t wasn’t on my radar at all. The expectation was just to fulfill Nia’s vision.
What we know so far
We have several information about the film, starting with the expected release date. It will be in theaters on February 17, 2023, as part of the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The synopsis will be based on the events after the battle against Thanos in Avengers: Endgame.
In this sequel, we could see Captain Marvel’s number one fan, Miss Marvel, who would appear as a kind of apprentice of Carol Danvers. The villain has not been confirmed; however, it would likely be the Skrull Queen. This would also be the character Ashton would play.
(Image: Ms Marvel (2015) #13, cover by Joelle Jones and Rachelle Rosenberg, Marvel Comics)
The confirmed cast of Captain Marvel 2 features Brie Larson, who plays Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, and Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, Maria Rambeau’s daughter. The other actors are Iman Vellani in Miss Marvel and Samuel L. Jackson in Nick Fury.
Other characters and actors are part of the cast, although their characters remain unknown. The first is Zawe Ashton, and the second is South Korean actor Park Seo-joon, famous for the movie Parasite.
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The first part of Captain Marvel was a smash hit, grossing $1,128 million in theaters. Both the movie and the character’s acceptance were high, although Marvel let her down a bit. Captain Marvel only appeared in a few scenes of Avengers: Endgame. Let’s see how this second part moves the franchise forward and how it connects to the rest of the MCU.
