99 Fun Facts About Captain Marvel

Who plays Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel?

Brie Larson began training nine months before filming, learning judo, boxing and some wrestling to play the hero Marvel's boss called its most powerful yet.

Captain Marvel's mid-credits scene leads straight into which film, released just weeks later?

Avengers: Endgame opened seven weeks later, and the scene leads into it by dropping Carol among the surviving Avengers just after Thanos's snap.

What colour is Carol's Kree uniform before she restyles it in red and blue in Captain Marvel?

Green and black are the Kree colours, so once she learns the truth she asks Maria's young daughter Monica to help recolour the suit.

What is the Kree capital planet called in Captain Marvel?

Hala is where the film opens, with Carol living as a Kree soldier, and she ends it by sending her beaten commander back there with a warning for the Supreme Intelligence.

Who directed Captain Marvel?

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck had made small character dramas like Half Nelson, and won the job by impressing Marvel over numerous meetings with their vision for Carol.

In Captain Marvel, what do the shapeshifting Skrulls turn out to be?

Refugees searching for a new home is the twist: Talos only wants to reach his family, who have been hiding in Dr. Lawson's laboratory, and Carol has been fighting on the wrong side.

Where does Carol crash-land when she falls to Earth in Captain Marvel?

A Blockbuster Video store takes the hit: she falls through its roof, and her arrival soon brings a young Nick Fury to investigate.

Whom does the Skrull leader Talos impersonate to keep tabs on Carol in Captain Marvel?

Fury's boss, Keller, is the face Talos wears, which lets him order Fury to stick close to Carol and steer S.H.I.E.L.D.'s hunt from the inside.

In Captain Marvel, which secret project's base do Carol and Fury search to dig up her past?

Project Pegasus kept the files showing she was a test pilot presumed dead in 1989, six years before she fell back to Earth with no memory of it.

In Captain Marvel, where has Dr. Lawson hidden her secret laboratory?

Cloaked in orbit above Earth, it is found only when the crash's black box and Carol's returning memories give up its coordinates.

Who plays both Mar-Vell and the Supreme Intelligence in Captain Marvel?

Annette Bening plays both because the Supreme Intelligence shows a different face to each visitor, and to Carol it appears as her old mentor.

What is the name of Dr. Lawson's cat in Captain Marvel?

Goose is named after a Top Gun character, a nod to Carol's flying days, whereas in the comics the cat is Chewie, after Chewbacca.

In Captain Marvel, what kind of creature is Dr. Lawson's cat revealed to be?

A Flerken resembles a house cat, but it hides a pocket dimension inside its body and can shoot tentacles from its mouth to swallow things whole.

How does Nick Fury lose his left eye in Captain Marvel?

The cat scratches it when his guard is down, blinding the eye for good, so the spy who came through an alien war unhurt is maimed by a pet.

In which state do Carol and Fury find Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel?

Louisiana is home to Maria, the last person to see Carol and Dr. Lawson alive, and her memories there tell Carol who she was before the Kree.

Who plays Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel?

Lashana Lynch took the role after DeWanda Wise, who was cast first, withdrew over a scheduling clash with her series She's Gotta Have It.

What is Maria Rambeau's Air Force call sign in Captain Marvel?

Photon is a hero name her daughter Monica goes on to use in the comics, where Monica held the Captain Marvel title long before Carol did.

What was Carol Danvers's call sign as an Air Force pilot?

Avenger is painted on her jet in an old photo, and when Fury spots it he renames his draft Protector Initiative after her.

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

Yon-Rogg killed her, then carried the amnesiac Carol off to the Kree and spent six years as the commander and mentor she trusted.

Who plays the Kree commander Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel?

Jude Law got a little guidance on life at Marvel from Robert Downey Jr., his co-star in two Sherlock Holmes films, around the time he joined.

What powered Dr. Lawson's experimental light-speed engine in Captain Marvel?

The Tesseract powered it, so when Carol shot the engine to keep it from the Kree, the blast of its energy soaked into her and gave her her powers.

What does Carol remove to unleash her full powers in Captain Marvel's climax?

A Kree implant had been suppressing her powers all along, and once it is off she destroys a Kree bomber single-handed and sends the fleet into retreat.

Which two Guardians of the Galaxy villains return in Captain Marvel, years before their deaths?

Ronan the Accuser and Korath both return: Korath is second-in-command of Carol's own squad, while Ronan leads the warships that fire missiles at Earth.

Besides the actor playing Nick Fury, which returning Marvel actor was digitally de-aged for Captain Marvel?

Clark Gregg plays a rookie Agent Coulson, and both he and Samuel L. Jackson were made 25 years younger for the entire film rather than for a brief flashback.

Why was Pulp Fiction rejected as a reference for making Nick Fury's actor look younger in Captain Marvel?

His wig and facial hair made him look too different, so the effects team leaned instead on the little-seen 1997 drama One Eight Seven.

Who plays the Skrull leader Talos in Captain Marvel?

Ben Mendelsohn was the directors' pick from the moment they began the story, having worked with them on the gambling drama Mississippi Grind.

In Captain Marvel, which accent does Talos speak with in his true Skrull form, the actor's own?

Australian is the actor's native accent, settled on after long debate for what he called its 'earthy correctness', while his human disguise speaks American.

Which Marvel series reunited Nick Fury and Talos to continue the Skrull story from Captain Marvel?

Secret Invasion moves the film's story to the present day, pairing Fury and Talos again as a rebel faction of Skrulls quietly infiltrates Earth.

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

It was too similar to Green Lantern's, co-writer Nicole Perlman said in 2016, so the film reinvented how Carol gains her powers rather than adapt the comics directly.

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

Avengers: Age of Ultron had her in an early draft, but Kevin Feige cut the cameo rather than show her fully formed in costume before audiences knew who she was.

In a scene made famous by the trailer, whom does Carol punch on a train in Captain Marvel?

An elderly woman takes the punch because she is a shape-shifting Skrull in disguise, which the second trailer spelled out after the first left viewers baffled.

Where was most of Captain Marvel shot, unusually for a modern Marvel film?

Los Angeles, California felt like fresh territory, its producer said, because 'not a lot of big movies shoot in LA anymore', and the city could play its own 1990s self.

Why did Captain Marvel's crew use a realistic cat puppet on set?

Its star is allergic to cats, so a realistic puppet stood in whenever she had to hold the animal, while a computer-generated cat handled other shots.

Why did four different cats share one role in Captain Marvel?

Each had a different skill: Reggie, the lead, did most scenes, while Archie, Gonzo and Rizzo stepped in whenever the script called for a particular trick.

Which 1970s thriller, famous for a chase under an elevated train, inspired Captain Marvel's train sequence?

The French Connection gets what the directors called 'a big homage', and the effects crew even nicknamed the train chase after the 1971 film.

Who composed Captain Marvel's score, becoming the first woman to score an MCU film?

Pinar Toprak won the job by going big on her audition: she hired a 70-piece orchestra to perform the demo music she had written.

How did Captain Marvel change the opening Marvel Studios logo?

It was filled with Stan Lee's cameos because this was the first Marvel Studios film released after his death in November 2018, and a card reading 'Thank You Stan' followed.

In Captain Marvel, Stan Lee's cameo shows him memorising lines for which 1995 film?

Mallrats came out in 1995, the year the story is set, and featured him as himself, so he is seen on a train rehearsing its line 'Trust me, true believer'.

Captain Marvel is dedicated to Major Stephen Del Bagno, a consultant on the film who flew with which display team?

The Thunderbirds, the Air Force display team, lost him in a training crash in April 2018, shortly after he advised on set, and he appears briefly in a flashback.

Who directed Captain Marvel's mid-credits scene, in which Carol meets the Avengers?

Anthony and Joe Russo shot it themselves because, as the film's own directors put it, the scene is a direct lead-in to the brothers' movie.

Captain Marvel's American release in 2019 fell on which annual observance?

International Women's Day falls on March 8, where the release settled after two delays, first to make room for a Spider-Man film and then for an Ant-Man sequel.

Which milestone did Captain Marvel reach first among superhero films led by a woman?

Grossing $1 billion worldwide took it less than four weeks, despite an online campaign to sink its audience scores before anyone had seen it.

Which Motown classic does Nick Fury sing in Captain Marvel?

Please Mr. Postman is sung on screen by the actor himself, and the 1961 original, Motown's first Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper, came from the aptly named Marvelettes.

Which film took Captain Marvel's record for the biggest American opening weekend by a female-directed film?

Barbie took the American record in July 2023, four years on, yet worldwide Captain Marvel's $456 million start remained the bigger of the two.

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

Us, directed by Jordan Peele, opened to about $70 million, twice what Captain Marvel took that weekend and a record start for an original horror film.

Captain Marvel was the first Disney cinema release withheld from which streaming service and saved for Disney+?

Netflix lost its supply when Disney let a lucrative licensing deal lapse, so from this film on its cinema releases went to the company's own service, launched late in 2019.

What did Rotten Tomatoes change after Captain Marvel's 'Want to See' score was review-bombed?

It hid the percentage before release, showing only a raw count of interested users, after the film's figure sank to 28% in the weeks ahead of opening.

What was the title of Captain Marvel's 2023 sequel?

The Marvels teams Carol with Kamala Khan and a grown-up Monica Rambeau after their powers become entangled, so the three swap places whenever they use them.

In her 1968 comics debut, years before gaining powers, what job did Carol Danvers hold?

Base security chief was her post in Marvel Super-Heroes #13, where she meets Dr. Walter Lawson, secretly the Kree hero Captain Marvel, whose name she would one day take.

Which writer, co-creator of the Punisher, created Ms. Marvel with artist John Buscema in 1977?

Gerry Conway wrote just the first two issues before Chris Claremont took over, and it was Claremont who later carried Carol into his long-running X-Men stories.

In the 1977 comic Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers edits which Daily Bugle spin-off publication?

Woman Magazine struck publisher Jonah Jameson as too feminist, so he hired Carol to steer it toward more traditional fare, and she flatly refused.

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

The Psyche-Magnetron was a Kree machine, and being caught in its blast rewrote Carol's DNA, leaving her a human-Kree hybrid with powers like the original hero's.

Which mutant permanently absorbed Danvers's powers and memories in a 1981 Marvel comic?

Rogue kept the stolen flight and super-strength for years, and although Professor X restored Danvers's memories, he could not give back her emotional ties to them.

Which insect-like alien race, old foes of the X-Men, turned Danvers into the star-powered hero Binary?

The Brood implant their young in captives, but they experimented on Danvers instead because of her unusual genetics, and the result tied her to the energy of a white hole.

Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick pitched her 2012 Captain Marvel comic as 'Carol Danvers as' which famous American pilot?

Chuck Yeager, the test pilot who first broke the sound barrier, was her model: she wanted Danvers written as a fiercely competitive flier with swagger before she was ever a superhero.

In the 2015 comic Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps, whom does Danvers command?

Female fighter pilots of the Banshee Squadron fly under her, and she alone has superpowers; after an order goes wrong she tells them they have been lied to and vows to find out what lies beyond their sky.

Which gadget of Fury's does Danvers upgrade so he can call her from across the galaxy?

His pager, modified so it can summon her in an emergency, is the device Earth's heroes are still watching decades later in the mid-credits scene, when Danvers herself turns up.

In Marvel's 2016 comic event Civil War II, which hero leads the side opposing Captain Marvel?

Iron Man argued that a young Inhuman's visions of the future were only calculated probabilities, not certainties, and his final battle with Danvers left Tony Stark in a coma.

Which Crazy Rich Asians star plays the Starforce sniper Minn-Erva?

Gemma Chan played Astrid in Crazy Rich Asians the year before, and Marvel later cast her again as an entirely different character, Sersi, in Eternals.

Which DC superhero was published as Captain Marvel for years before Marvel Comics claimed the name?

Shazam flew as Captain Marvel from 1940 until a lawsuit grounded him in 1953. Marvel then claimed the lapsed name, so his revival had to print the magic word on its covers instead.

On which 2017 monster movie had Captain Marvel's lead already acted alongside Samuel L. Jackson?

Kong: Skull Island paired the two before Marvel did. She then pushed for Nick Fury to be part of her superhero debut.

Which Sherlock Holmes co-star advised the actor playing Captain Marvel's Kree mentor before he took the role?

Robert Downey Jr. had played Holmes to his Watson in two films. He passed on advice about working with Marvel before the one-picture deal was signed.

Which star of The Matrix was approached about a major role in Captain Marvel but declined?

Keanu Reeves was sounded out for the part while it was still being reported as the comics' male Mar-Vell, written at first as Carol's love interest.

Captain Marvel's opening crowd was 61% male, unlike which earlier female-led superhero film that drew more women?

Wonder Woman had flipped the usual superhero audience two years earlier. Exit polls still found 73% of the Marvel film's viewers would definitely recommend it.

Which Pakistani-American teenager from Jersey City took over the Ms. Marvel name once Carol Danvers gave it up?

Kamala Khan idolises Carol and copies her when her own powers arrive. Her creators made her a body-morphing Inhuman rather than a flier.

Which band's 1995 hit Just a Girl plays over Carol's climactic fight in Captain Marvel?

No Doubt's song plays as Carol fights her old Starforce squad, a moment nominated for Best Musical Moment at the MTV Movie & TV Awards.

In Captain Marvel, the Kree take Carol's new name from the surviving half of which object?

Her dog tag survived only in part, so the Kree read the last four letters of Danvers and called her Vers.

In Marvel's first graphic novel, published in 1982, what finally kills the original Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell?

Cancer does what no villain could. Writer-artist Jim Starlin's story follows the hero as he comes to accept that he is dying.

In which Disney+ series does Maria Rambeau's daughter from Captain Marvel return as an adult?

WandaVision brought her back as a grown-up, with Teyonah Parris taking over a role that two child actors had shared in the 1995-set film.

Which superhero team's comic introduced the shapeshifting Skrulls in only its second issue, in 1962?

Fantastic Four #2 put the aliens on its cover in January 1962, drawn by their co-creator Jack Kirby.

Which writer created Carol Danvers in 1968 and wrote the Kree–Skrull War story the Captain Marvel film borrows from?

Roy Thomas introduced her with artist Gene Colan in Marvel Super-Heroes #13, then set the two alien empires at war three years later.

Which young actress, also the child Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, plays 13-year-old Carol in Captain Marvel?

Mckenna Grace made a habit of playing famous characters as girls, doing the same in The Haunting of Hill House a year earlier.

Which Selma director did Marvel meet about directing either Captain Marvel or Black Panther?

Ava DuVernay held the talks in 2015, two years before Marvel finally named the pair who would direct Carol's story.

The prototype jet Carol and Fury escape in was filmed on a TV set built for which Marvel aircraft?

The Quinjet interior belonged to the series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which lent its set to the film for the scenes inside the 1990s prototype jet.

At which Air Force base, long the home of American test flying, was Captain Marvel partly filmed?

Edwards hosted the shoot in April 2018. The star had prepared at another base, Nellis, where she met serving pilots.

Under which working title, a term borrowed from gaming, was Captain Marvel filmed?

Open World summed up how the production felt about the story at the time: like a game that could head off in many directions.

Which codename did writer Kurt Busiek give Carol Danvers after she lost most of her Binary powers?

Warbird was the name she fought under against Kang the Conqueror. Busiek also had her struggle with alcoholism as she came to terms with what she had lost.

Which Marvel sidekick traded places with the comics' Mar-Vell by striking a pair of nega-bands together?

Rick Jones found the bands at an abandoned Kree base. Each time he struck them he vanished into the Negative Zone and the hero took his place.

Which Candyman director made Captain Marvel's 2023 sequel, the first Marvel film directed by a Black woman?

Nia DaCosta had already made history with Candyman, the first film by a Black female director to open at number one at the US box office.

Which Canadian actress plays the teenage Ms. Marvel opposite Carol in Captain Marvel's 2023 sequel?

Iman Vellani won the part after her aunt forwarded her a casting call, and went on to co-write Ms. Marvel comics about the same hero.

Which museum's interior inspired the Supreme Intelligence's virtual world in Captain Marvel?

Louvre Abu Dhabi gave the effects team their look. The scenes were shot against plain white walls, so the actors had to be cut out by hand and given digital hair.

Which co-writer of Guardians of the Galaxy was one of the first two screenwriters hired for Captain Marvel?

Nicole Perlman was paired with Inside Out's Meg LeFauve after each had impressed Marvel with a separate take on the character.

Which crowdfunding platform launched the #CaptainMarvelChallenge to buy cinema tickets for girls?

GoFundMe launched the drive after the film's star suggested copying a Black Panther campaign that had raised more than $50,000 for children.

At which Washington landmark did Captain Marvel's lead unveil its first trailer on Good Morning America?

National Air and Space Museum made a fitting stage for the story of an Air Force pilot. The trailer was viewed 109 million times in its first 24 hours.

Which long-serving X-Men writer scripted Carol's 1970s Ms. Marvel series and later turned her into Binary?

Chris Claremont took the series over from its first writer, then created Binary with artist Dave Cockrum during an X-Men adventure in space.

Which composer, then scoring Spider-Man: Far From Home, denied a report that he had taken over Captain Marvel's music?

Michael Giacchino said he had only given feedback and helped with a few cues. His own fanfare does play over the studio logo at the start.

At which famous London studio was Captain Marvel's score recorded with a 90-piece orchestra?

Abbey Road Studios hosted the orchestra, while the composer recorded the score's electronic sounds on an analogue synthesiser in her home studio.

Which country was Captain Marvel's biggest market outside North America, with an $89 million opening weekend?

China gave the film a $34 million first day, at the time the third-best superhero opening day the country had seen.

At which annual fan convention was the casting of Carol Danvers confirmed in 2016?

San Diego Comic-Con also heard that the search for a director was down to ten candidates. That choice took another nine months.

Which film adapted from a hit game series was also co-written by Captain Marvel screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet?

Tomb Raider reached cinemas a year before Captain Marvel. Robertson-Dworet joined the Marvel film in 2017, when one of its first writers left to direct an animated feature.

Which action sequel did Kevin Feige name as a model for Captain Marvel's 1990s-style action scenes?

Terminator 2 set the tone because 1990s action was a genre Marvel Studios had not yet explored.

Which 1987 film about a hero piecing together a forgotten past did Captain Marvel's directors cite as an influence?

RoboCop drew the directors with its idea of a character finding himself and his past, the same journey their amnesiac pilot makes.

Which actor appears as James Rhodes, the hero War Machine, in Captain Marvel's mid-credits scene?

Don Cheadle is one of four returning stars in the scene, alongside Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo.

Which animated Marvel series features alternate versions of Carol Danvers voiced by Alexandra Daniels?

What If...? sends one of its Carols to break up Thor's out-of-control party, while another dies trying to stop an all-powerful Ultron.

In which 2021 Marvel film does Carol Danvers appear by hologram in a mid-credits scene?

Shang-Chi and his friend Katy get the holographic briefing on his father's ten rings. Carol cannot spot anything alien about them before another call pulls her away.

In Captain Marvel's 2023 sequel, how do the people of Aladna, where Carol has a husband, communicate?

By singing: everyone on the water planet speaks in song, and Carol turns out to be married to its prince, played by Park Seo-joon.

Captain Marvel's lead won the Best Actress Oscar three years earlier for which drama about a kidnapping victim?

Room won her the Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA, all before she had played a superhero.

Which Kree leader, out to restore her ruined homeworld, is the villain of Captain Marvel's 2023 sequel?

Dar-Benn blames Carol for the civil war that left the Kree capital stripped of its resources, and drains other planets to repair it.

To prove that Nick Fury is no Skrull impostor, which food does Fury admit to never eating when cut diagonally?

Toast is his odd confession. Fans took a sandwich scene in another Marvel film as a clue that he was an impostor there, and the directors joked that he may just have got over it.