(Major spoilers ahead for “Captain Marvel”)
One of “Captain Marvel” coolest surprises was the fact that the Kree hero Mar-Vell is a woman, played by Annette Benning, instead of a man as in the comics. During the recent “Captain Marvel” press junket in Beverly Hills, Marvel Studios Chief Kevin Feige explained that making that change to the comics lore was essential to telling the story of Carol Danvers in film.
“It was really about the development of this story, and about how best to showcase Carol Danvers growth, and development as a hero, and the notion that she had a female best friend, a female mentor, seemed important to us, and was something that was an idea that Anna had as the script is as she and Ryan were doing their pass at their script, and it all sort of fell together, particularly then with Annette Bening being able to play both of those spoilery parts,” said Feige.