Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness welcomed Captain MarvelLashana Lynch is returning to the MCU as Captain Marvel from another universe, a move that blew the actress away.
Lashana Lynch first joined the MCU in 2019 Captain Marvel, where she played Carol Danvers’ former friend and fellow Air Force pilot Maria Rambeau. Maria was the mother of Monica Rambea, who will return to the franchise as her own hero next year. Wonders.
Lynch recently opened up about his return to the MCU in the strange doctor sequel, something that took her by surprise after her character’s off-screen death in Wanda Vision.
In a recent interview with Empire Online, Lashana Lynch said she learned of Maria Rambeau’s death in Wanda Vision shortly before she was asked to reprise the role – as Captain Marvel – in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Lynch revealed that Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige informed her of Maria’s fate in Wanda Vision. When he was then asked to return for the strange doctor afterwards, she said she assumed she would play an ancestor of Maria. Instead, she was told she was going to step into Brie Larson’s shoes to play another Captain Marvel.
“It was wild,” Lashana Lynch said of her return to the MCU, later explaining:
“Kevin Feige texted me, letting me know Maria passed away. [Characters] talked about it in WandaVision, which I’m glad they did because at least it’s good context.
“One of the producers of Captain Marvel called me and said he had this idea of putting all these new character versions together and he wanted to bring Maria back. I was like, ‘Awesome, d’ OK, she’s going to be an ancestor.’ “No, she’ll be Captain Marvel.” That upset me.
“Hayley [Atwell]Benedict [Cumberbatch]chiwetel [Ejiofor]a group of us were on Zoom looking at each other and saying, ‘What’s going on?!’”
Lashana Lynch then explained her approach to the new iteration of Maria Rambeau seen in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, saying, “I embraced Maria like a ‘supermom,’ having a chance to flex in this very new but already existing way. It felt like it was meant to be for her.
Here is the synopsis of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness:
The MCU is unlocking the multiverse and pushing its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the multiverse to face a mysterious new adversary.
Directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay written by Michael Waldron, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg and Rachel McAdams.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is available now on Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD 4K Ultra HD, and is also streaming exclusively on Disney+. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the future of the MCU, and be sure to subscribe to Heroic Hollywood’s YouTube channel for more original video content.
Source: Empire
