Captain Marvel Super Bowl Trailer Breakdown: 10 Things You Need To See
3. Ben Mendelsohn's Skrull In Human Form
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For the most part, this latest teaser made for a pretty comprehensive look at Captain Marvel. It goes over her origins, her time with Nick Fury and briefly her relationship with Yon-Rogg, but one of the biggest elements of the film gets barely any mention whatsoever - the Skrulls.
The Skrulls are a major force on the page in Marvel's comics and so it's no surprise that their entrance to the MCU is hotly anticipated. Some are even predicting they'll play a pivotal role in the series in the years to come, but for now, all we know is that they and the Kree are caught up in a battle over Earth, and that Talos - played by Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) - will be their main operative on Earth.
This is the first time we've seen him in human form, wielding a handgun whilst flanked by other figures (also potentially Skrulls), but it's fair to say that he looks just as menacing without the green makeup as he does with it.
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.
