As with any MCU game, Marvel’s cameos range from funny to extremely meaningful. Several familiar faces appear in the highly anticipated Captain Marvel sequel, now streaming on Disney Plus after its theatrical release last November, and there are also a few surprises to be encountered.
This time, Carol Danvers teams up with Kamala Khan (aka Ms. Marvel) and Monica Rambeau to battle the villainous Kree warrior Dar-Benn, who is on a path of revenge to save his home planet after a devastating civil war. However, there is one major catch: every time our heroes use their powers, they switch places with each other. It’s a little awkward when you’re trying to save the universe.
So, if you’re looking for all the major Marvel cameos in one place, you’ll find them right here. But before we continue, here’s your commitment spoiler warningso be careful if you haven’t seen the movie and don’t want to know what happens.
Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop (with Lucky the Pizza Dog bonus)
In the final moment of “Marvels,” we see Kamala doing her best Nick Fury impression as she tries to assemble her own super team. This is a clever callback to the post-credits scene of the very first Iron Man film, in which the master spy began to form the Avengers. Let’s be honest: wanting to create her own Young Avengers-style team is Kamala Khan’s biggest move ever…
It turns out that Kamala’s first recruit was Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), an apprentice to Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye from his hit Disney Plus TV show. The scene also features Kate’s trusty pizza dog companion Lucky, and luckily for Ms. Marvel, he doesn’t seem to mind the surprise visit.
Our young hero asks Kate if she would like to join her squad, and reveals the name of “Ant-Man’s daughter” Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton). In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, we saw Cassie become a superhero herself, so there’s no doubt she’ll want to be part of the supergroup too.
Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie
Marvel’s final trailer actually showed Tessa Thompson’s appearance as Valkyrie in a preview of the Nia DaCosta-directed film, but if you were lucky enough to avoid that footage, it would definitely be a pleasant surprise.
After failing to save all the Skrull refugees from Dar-Benn’s attack on Tarnax in the film, Carol decides to call a friend to help relocate the survivors. It turns out that the buddy is none other than the King of Asgard, Valkyrie, who we last saw in the sequel Thor: Love and Thunder. She boards the ship, consoles a troubled Captain Marvel, and then heads off with the Skrulls.
It’s a sweet moment, and it’s made even more meaningful knowing that it reunites the star with DaCosta – Thompson appeared in the director’s 2018 debut film Little Woods.
Kelsey Grammer as Beast
Arguably the biggest cameo in the film comes in Marvel’s post-credits scene, where actor Kelsey Grammer returns as popular X-Men character Beast.
After Monica Rambeau wakes up in a hospital bed in the alternate reality she is now stuck in, Dr. Hank McCoy, aka The Beast, arrives to check on his patient. He then rather excitingly names another beloved X-Men character, Professor Xavier, saying that “Charles” will definitely want an update on his well-being.
Grammer has portrayed Beast on screen before, appearing in 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand and 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Nicholas Hoult played the younger version of the character in films like X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Dark Phoenix, so it’s interesting that the MCU went with the older version here.
What could this mean? Guess we’ll have to wait to find out…
Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau aka Binary
If you thought Beast wasn’t exciting enough, Marvel’s post-credits scene has another surprise in store.
Earlier in the film, we see Lashana Lynch return as Captain Marvel’s Maria Rambeau through a flashback as the latter explains to her friend that she is dying and asks her to look after Gus “until Monica comes back.” Unable to say goodbye to her mother since she died of cancer, Monica becomes predictably emotional when she wakes up in another reality and realizes that a very much alive Maria is looking after her.
Not that Maria recognized her at all, she was shocked by Monica’s reaction and asked who she was. After all, this is an alternate reality version of the character.
However, the most interesting part comes at the end when Maria changes into her superhero costume, which is intriguingly similar to the one worn by the superhero Binary in the comics. There are several versions of Binary in the comics, who at one point is the alter ego and clone of Carol Danvers. We can probably safely assume that here in the MCU, Maria is just this reality’s version of Captain Marvel, but stranger things could be going on…
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