Emilia Clarke’s Character Identity for Marvel Show ‘Secret Invasion’ Revealed
thewrap.comVanity Fair interview.The upcoming Disney+ show follows Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) as he investigates a secret plot to put potential double-crossers into powerful positions worldwide.
The double agents turn out to be Skrull aliens, who can shape shift from their green-skinned resting state into any existing human being, taking on their physical appearance.Fury encountered the Skrulls in “Captain Marvel” (2019) set in the 1990s, promising their leader Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) that he would find them a place to live after their home planet was destroyed.
Jackson references the “Captain Marvel” scene in which Talos reunites with his Skrull family on a space station in Earth’s orbit as the first glimpse of Emila Clarke’s character.“Remember when Ben was there with his wife and daughter?” Jackson told VF. “She’s the little Skrull girl grown up.
She’s his daughter.”Clarke will portray the grown-up G’iah (pronounced “Guy-ah”), who sees her father as a failure in parenting and leadership.“It’s hardened her, for sure.
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