I wasn’t aware of this until today, but apparently there is a huge fanboy push to have Chuck star Yvonne Strahovski play the part of Ms. Marvel in the upcoming Avengers film.
Let’s back up for a moment. I don’t know about most of you readers out there, but I wasn’t even aware that there were rumblings that Ms. Marvel would be in The Avengers. We know that Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Hulk, and Black Widow are all set to join the team under the guidance of Nick Fury and Maria Hill (rumored), but this is the first time I’m hearing the name Ms. Marvel dropped in the mix. I’m familiar with the rumors that The Wasp may be included in that cast, but that remains to be a rumor.
Apparently, there has been quite the campaign of Strahovski and Ms. Marvel fans for her to be in the film, and today, the Yvonne Strahovski fan site, Strahotski.com, received an anonymous “insider” tip:
Though it’s not often that we get the scoop on anything here, I’ve just received information from a protected source inside Marvel that points to Yvonne Strahovski being cast in the upcoming Avengers movie as Ms. Marvel.
That would be great and all, and as much as I’d like to see Ms. Marvel on the big screen along side the Avengers, there’s a little voice in the back of my head concerned about a bloated cast. Putting together an ensamble cast for the Avengers is a big task, and so far Mavel has done everything right. We have two movies establishing the character of Tony Stark/Iron Man and Bruce Banner/The Hulk, and we have movies establishing Thor and Captain America coming out this year. Using the Avengers movie to introduce a main character (or maybe two) such as Hawkeye is fine because fans want to see something new brought to the table as well, but the last thing we want is a bloated roster that takes away focus from the established characters. The problem is you start introducing a huge Avengers line-up there’s going to be a need for some character establishment and if you need to do that for more than one or two anscillary characters this film could end up losing focus.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m a fan of Chuck, and Strahovski would more than do justice to Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel, but I’d rather not see an Avengers movie that has to focus on introducing a handful of new characters into this Marvel movie universe, I wouldn’t mind a few cameos to potentially kick off some other stand-alone character movies to perhaps join up with the Avengers in a sequel, but I think it may be best for this Avengers movie to get too ahead of itself in introducing a bunch of new heroes.
I have all the faith in the world in Joss Whedon and whatever it is he plans to do with the Avengers movie, and if he feels there’s a place for Ms. Marvel and/or other heroes to be introduced in this film, then I trust it’ll make the movie better. There’s just that cautious optimism in me that hopes the writers and directors don’t feel too obligated to include five new Marvel heroes into this movie when one or two would do just fine.
For now, this story is filed under the Rumor category – with a capital ‘R’. This could just be some jokester trying to get the hopes of a lot of fanboys up.
So what do all of you Marvel fans think? Do you want to see Ms. Marvel make an appearance in The Avengers? Any concerns that this cast could end up “too large”? Sound off in the comments below!