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4. Captain Marvel Was Almost Introduced In Age Of Ultron
Captain Marvel is the most recent major Marvel character to be introduced to the MCU, however, if it were up to Joss Whedon, then the hero would've appeared far earlier.
In the final shots of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain Marvel was supposed to appear (in full costume) alongside the other new members of the team. Kevin Feige commented on why this didn't happen in an interview with Birth.Movies.Death:
The way we reveal Scarlet Witch [in costume] at the end of the movie? Those were Captain Marvel plate shots. Joss said, ‘We’ll cast her later!’ And I said, ‘Yeah Joss, we’ll cast her later.’ [Whispers to an invisible associate who isn't Joss] ‘We’re not putting her in there!’ Finally Joss was like ‘Let’s use those plates to let Scarlet Witch fly into frame, give her a big entrance?’ And that makes sense - she’s come to their side, and she deserves the cool intro...
Here are the plates Feige is referring to: