As you're no doubt already well aware, Captain Marvel will be set in the 1990s and is set to feature younger versions of Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury and Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson. We first met those characters in 2008's Iron Man and they're bound to look quite a bit different a good decade or more earlier. So, it probably won't surprise you to learn that both actors are set to be digitally de-aged.
During a recent interview, Kevin Feige was asked about making them both look younger, and explained: "Well, I think having the option is pretty amazing. And I think having the technology and even without spoiling anything, Sam Jackson is shooting a movie for us right now that takes, where he’s entirely 25 years younger the whole movie [Captain Marvel]. So that’ll certainly be the one."
That mention of Fury being 25 years younger seemingly confirms that Captain Marvel will take place in 1993, putting Carol Danvers' first solo outing in the early 90s and meaning she's been away from Earth for a very long time indeed. That'll make her return to the present day in Avengers 4 very interesting.
"And Coulson," Feige added. "So that’ll be the first one where it’s a character for the whole movie, as opposed to a glimpse at a certain period of time. It’s the whole movie. So it’s possible, assuming that works. It’s possible. It’s very good when you are starting by the way with somebody like Michelle Pfeiffer or Michael Douglas or for that matter Samuel L. Jackson or Clark Gregg."
Does that mean Fury and Coulson will join Carol in outer space? That remains to be seen but they'll both clearly have sizeable roles in Captain Marvel. What do you think? Sound off down below.
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