Captain Marvel: 20 Easter Eggs And References Explained
7. Mar-Vell
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Annette Bening played a somewhat unconventional role in Captain Marvel, portraying both the Supreme Intelligence and Doctor Wendy Lawson, but she was no less vital a part of the film.
The second big twist of Captain Marvel is that the figure from Carol's past is actually Mar-Vell, who took on the false identity of Lawson in order to develop her research for lightspeed travel. In the comics, Mar-Vell is actually a man, and his pseudonym is a Dr. Walter Lawson. Both versions of the character end up playing a part in Carol's transformation, but it's fair to say no one saw Bening's surprise reveal as Mar-Vell coming.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
