Captain Marvel 2 Villain Didn't Realize She Was Joining The MCU
The villain in the upcoming The Marvels, Zawe Ashton, didn't realize she was becoming a part of the MCU. According to Ashton, the actor had been having doubts about whether she wanted to continue to pursue acting or instead work behind the camera when she landed a few major roles. Besides the Captain Marvel 2 villain, Ashton also plays the antagonistic force in the Regency-era rom-com Mr. Malcolm's List, which takes a more inclusive and modern approach to the genre in the vein of Bridgerton.
Most plot details of The Marvels are still being kept under wraps. What's known so far about the follow-up to Brie Larson's heroic introduction as Carol Danvers is that it will bring several MCU properties together as Danvers joins forces with a few like-minded, super-powered women. Teyonah Parris will return as Monica Rambeau, who befriended Danvers as a child in the original Captain Marvel and gained her powers from the Westview Hex in WandaVision. Also joining the team is Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, the titular and newly-powered hero of the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel. The jury is still out on which villain Ashton will be playing in The Marvels, although there's been some speculation Ashton could play X-Men's Mystique, which would continue the process of properly folding the X-Men into the MCU at large after Professor X and Reed Richards appeared in Doctor Strange 2.
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In an interview with Vanity Fair, Ashton revealed that she didn't realize she was going to be joining the MCU at all, let alone as a villain. She initially met with the director of The Marvels, Nia DaCosta, to see how they connected as fellow artists. Ashton explained that she was focused on finding projects that
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