60 Fun Facts About Captain Marvel

Who plays Carol Danvers?

She was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, earned $5 million for the film and trained for nine months in judo, boxing and wrestling.

In which year is the film set?

Danvers is presumed to have died in 1989 testing the light-speed engine, six years before the story begins.

What name does Carol go by as a member of Starforce?

It is all that survived of her dog tag, which had read 'Carol Danvers'.

What is the Kree capital planet called?

Rise created its exterior environments; the film's opening and closing both take place there.

Who directed Captain Marvel?

The indie duo behind Half Nelson and Mississippi Grind were hired in April 2017; Ava DuVernay had been in talks earlier.

Which shapeshifting aliens are the Kree at war with?

Feige revealed them as the film's villains at Comic-Con 2017; the twist is that they are refugees.

Where does Vers crash-land on Earth?

The first trailer opened on the Blockbuster logo because audiences would instantly recognise it as the 1990s.

Whom does Talos impersonate at S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep tabs on Vers?

The actor used a clipped American accent for Keller and his own Australian accent for Talos.

What was the name of the installation at the former Air Force base where Vers and Fury dig up her past?

It is the same installation that housed the glowing cube in the first Avengers film.

Who is Dr. Wendy Lawson really?

Mar-Vell was a male love interest in the comics; the filmmakers changed the gender to give Carol a female mentor.

Who plays both Mar-Vell and the Supreme Intelligence?

She joined in May 2018 in an undisclosed role; her parts were only confirmed in February 2019.

What is the name of Lawson's cat?

In the comics the cat is Chewie, after Chewbacca; the film renamed it after the Top Gun character because Top Gun is pilot-themed and period-appropriate.

What kind of creature is the cat revealed to be?

It swallows the glowing cube, coughs it back up in the post-credits scene, and takes Fury's eye in between.

How does Nick Fury lose his left eye?

Years of hints about the eye ended with a scratch from a house pet.

In which state do Vers and Fury find Maria Rambeau?

Production really moved to Baton Rouge and New Orleans for two weeks in June 2018.

Who plays Maria Rambeau?

DeWanda Wise was cast first but left over a clash with She's Gotta Have It; Lynch was in negotiations the next day.

What is Maria Rambeau's Air Force call sign?

Photon is one of the superhero names her daughter Monica uses in the comics.

What was Carol's Air Force call sign, which Fury borrows for his initiative?

Fury spots it on an old photo of her jet and crosses out his working name for the programme.

Who killed Mar-Vell to stop her destroying the light-speed engine?

Carol then destroyed the engine herself and absorbed its energy, which is how she got her powers and lost her memory.

Who plays Yon-Rogg?

Keanu Reeves was approached first and declined; Robert Downey Jr., Law's Sherlock Holmes co-star, advised him on working with Marvel.

What was the power source of Lawson's engine?

It is hidden aboard the cloaked laboratory orbiting Earth along with Talos's family.

What does Danvers remove to unlock her full powers?

Producer Nate Moore said the film deliberately avoids the usual origin structure: she starts with her powers and learns not to hold back.

Which two Guardians of the Galaxy villains appear as Kree officers, years before their deaths?

Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou reprised the roles; Ronan is not yet the zealot he later becomes.

Which two returning actors were digitally de-aged by 25 years for the whole film?

It was the first time Marvel had de-aged an actor for an entire film, and the first time Lola VFX did it without a body double.

Which 1997 film was the main visual reference for the young Nick Fury?

Pulp Fiction was ruled out because of Jules's wig and facial hair, and Jurassic Park because Jackson was made to look older in it.

Who plays Talos?

The directors had him in mind from the start after Mississippi Grind; an early draft killed the character off.

Which former U.S. defence secretary inspired the actor's accent as Keller?

Talos, by contrast, speaks in the actor's own Australian accent, chosen for its 'earthy correctness'.

Which 1971 comic storyline did the writers borrow from?

Its paranoia elements were kept but not the Anti-Superhero Act; the conflict served as a 'backdrop and mythological underpinning'.

Why was Captain Marvel's comic-book origin changed for the film?

Feige said the new story centres on Danvers finding her limits and vulnerabilities.

Which earlier MCU film had Captain Marvel in an early draft before she was cut?

Marvel did not want to introduce her fully formed before exploring her backstory.

What was the film's working title?

Producer Jonathan Schwartz said the story felt like an open-world video game that could go in many directions.

Where was most of the film shot, unusually for a modern blockbuster?

A $20.7 million California tax credit lured the production; Schwartz noted that 'not a lot of big movies shoot in LA anymore'.

Why was a realistic cat puppet used on set?

Four real cats, Reggie, Archie, Rizzo and Gonzo, also played the part, each chosen for a particular temperament.

How many real cats shared the role of Goose?

Trixter did most of the digital cat work, including movements no real cat could perform.

Which two 1970s thrillers did the directors cite as influences, alongside RoboCop?

The train chase was nicknamed the 'French Connection' scene; RoboCop supplied the idea of a hero recovering a lost past.

Who composed the score, becoming the first woman to score an MCU film?

Michael Giacchino gave feedback on a few cues and publicly denied a report that he had replaced her.

What was different about the Marvel Studios logo at the start of the film?

Lee had died in November 2018; a black card reading 'Thank You Stan' followed, and he still appears in the film rehearsing lines for a Kevin Smith cameo.

Stan Lee's posthumous cameo shows him memorising lines for which 1995 film?

Comics writer Kelly Sue DeConnick also cameos as a passer-by in the train station.

To whose memory is the film dedicated?

He had consulted with Larson and appears as himself; the Thunderbirds flew over the Hollywood premiere in his honour.

Who directed the mid-credits scene in which Danvers meets the Avengers?

Boden called it a lead-in to their Avengers: Endgame, which arrived seven weeks later.

On which date was the film released in the United States?

It had originally been dated for July 2018 and was moved twice, for Homecoming and then Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Roughly how much did Captain Marvel gross worldwide?

It became the first female-led superhero film to pass $1 billion, on April 2, 2019.

What was the film's opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada?

It held the record for the biggest opening by a female-directed film for four years.

Which 2023 film took its record for the biggest opening weekend by a female-directed film?

Anna Boden shared the directing credit, which qualified Captain Marvel for the mark.

Which horror film knocked Captain Marvel off the top of the box office in its third weekend?

It bounced back to second place in its eighth weekend on the tide of Avengers: Endgame.

What streaming milestone did Captain Marvel mark for its studio?

Disney's Netflix licensing deal expired just in time for Disney+'s November 2019 launch.

What did Rotten Tomatoes change after the film's 'Want to See' score was review-bombed to 28%?

A bug then inflated opening-day audience reviews to more than Infinity War received in its whole run; CinemaScore audiences gave it an A.

What was the title of the 2023 sequel?

Nia DaCosta directed, with Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan and Teyonah Parris's grown-up Monica Rambeau joining Larson.

In which 1968 comic did Carol Danvers first appear, as an Air Force security chief?

Roy Thomas wrote and Gene Colan drew her debut, in which she meets Dr Walter Lawson, alias the Kree Captain Marvel.

Which writer created Ms. Marvel with artist John Buscema for her 1977 solo series?

Conway said the idea came partly from wanting another female hero who could use the Marvel name.

In her 1977 series, Carol Danvers edits which Daily Bugle spin-off publication?

The title was self-consciously progressive: she fought for equal pay for equal work in her civilian job.

What device's explosion melded Danvers's genes with Captain Marvel's in the original comics origin?

A 2018 retelling later revealed her mother was Kree and the blast merely awoke pre-existing genes.

Which mutant permanently absorbed Danvers's powers and memories in The Avengers Annual #10 (1981)?

Professor X restored her memories; Rogue had also tried to kill her by throwing her into San Francisco Bay.

Which alien race's experiments turned Danvers into the star-powered hero Binary?

Binary drew on a white hole and adventured with the X-Men, the New Mutants and Excalibur.

Which writer launched Danvers as Captain Marvel in July 2012, pitching her as 'Carol Danvers as Chuck Yeager'?

Jamie McKelvie redesigned her costume as a jumpsuit with her sash, originally as a bet with the writer.

In the 2015 Secret Wars tie-in Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps, what does Danvers lead?

They are stationed at Hala Field on Battleworld, where she is the only superpowered being.

Which showrunners of Agent Carter wrote the 2015 Captain Marvel series in which she takes over S.W.O.R.D.?

Editor Sana Amanat described the run as making Carol 'a soldier and a commander, and also a diplomat'.

In Civil War II, whose precognitive visions does Danvers want to use to stop crimes before they happen?

The story ends with her killing Tony Stark, a plot widely criticised as out of character.

What did the 2018 limited series The Life of Captain Marvel reveal about Danvers's mother?

Margaret Stohl called the series a retelling, not a reinvention, of the origin.

Which Earth space agency does Danvers run while serving with The Ultimates, according to Al Ewing?

Ewing said her story was about bridging the ordinary superhero world and the Ultimates' cosmic one.