Marvel's Secret Invasion: Disney+ Show Finds Main Villain In Kingsley Ben-Adir

Previous rumored and later confirmed at Disney's Investor Day presentation, Secret Invasion will see Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury and Ben Mendehlson's Talos, who will both be faced with a sect of Skrulls who have infiltrated every level of life on Earth. Kevin Feige said that this series would be “tapping into the paranoia elements of the Secret Invasion comic series.”

It's been confirmed that Secret Invasion, alongside Armor Wars, will release next year in 2022, but it's still uncertain when filming for them will begin. Although casting grids for the series apparently leaked, pointing to a 40-50-year-old woman being sought to act alongside Jackson, a young female supporting character, and a 50-60-year-old male for the main villain of the show, who may have just been cast.

A VILLAIN FOR FURY AND TALOS

According to Deadline, Kingsley Ben-Adir has been cast opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn in Marvel Studio's upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion.

While not confirmed, sources close to Deadline said that Ben-Adir will be the lead villain of the show.

KREE OR SKRULL

It'll be curious to find out that if Ben-Adir does end up being the primary villain in Secret Invasion, whether he'll be playing a Skrull or Kree. It really could go either way, with the Kree being the primary villains in Captain Marvel and the Skrulls being more or less victims in that film. Additionally, as fans noted in Spider-Man: Far From Home, Talos, disguised as Nick Fury, spoke about Kree sleeper cells.

However, considering Marvel Studios have already pulled the rug regarding the Skrulls being bad guys, it's doubtful that they'd do it again. Especially after Feige specified in an interview shortly after Captain Marvel that Skrulls aren't all good, just like people aren't all good.

As for who Ben-Adir may be playing? One obvious candidate is Kl'rt, who is a very devoted soldier to the Skrull Empire who became the first Super Skrull in the comics. What made him different from the standard Skrull is that not only could he replicate the appearance of others, but their abilities too. So, it'd be cool to see Ben-Adir replicating the powers of other Marvel heroes in the MCU like Thor or Hulk.