Disney Confirms Captain Marvel 2's Gender-Swapped Supervillain

Zawe Ashton's villainous role in The Marvels, aka Captain Marvel 2, has been a mystery for years, but Disney has finally confirmed the identity of her gender-swapped villain.

In the lead-up to this confirmation, Ashton wasn't too helpful in clarifying her role in the sequel, other than she "had the best time doing it." However, footage from D23 in 2022 showed fans that she wielded a hammer similar to Lee Pace's Ronan, who was last seen in Captain Marvel.

However, the first public trailer for the Captain Marvel sequel has confirmed Ashton's affiliation with the Kree and showed her brandishing a Universal Weapon given to all Kree Accusers. But fans still lacked a name for Ashton's villain.

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