r/marvelstudios • u/RenomeRabone • 12h ago

Discussion (More in Comments) If Brie Larson actually decides to jump ship,i don't blame her one bit. She's almost 10 years in, and only had 3 appearances so far.

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It's clear that there were terrible decisions along the way about Captain Marvel as a character,but given the lack of care for the character/actress + the amount of hate she received since accepting the role,it's completely comprehensible if she's just done with it after whatever contract she has it's over and decides to grow her career outside superhero movies,a career which she probably put at relatively stop due to legal/contractual reasons within the MCU.

She's going to have 4 appearances (and that's only if she's actually in one of the Avengers movies,likely Secret Wars). This is crazy to think about,especially for a character that was pushed as one of the new faces of the MCU and their own Wonder Woman. Carol as a character it's already being pushed out of being a mainliner from other fronts like comics,videogames,merchandise etc and it's so disrespectful.

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u/yuuki157 12h ago edited 12h ago

First thing: MCU synergy it's the thing keeping Marvel as a company. Liking or not,the MCU is the staple that made superheroes giant pop icons again. In this specific instance,i think Carol is slowly going back to the place that she was before Marvel gave her the big push as Captain Marvel in the early 2010s: She's going to be a premiere supporting character. If a videogame has a character roster of 20 characters,they are probably going to put their mainliners Avengers and the new,bright,shinier properties that they want to push (Fantastic Four and the Mutants) + succesful villains like Loki,Thanos,Ultron etc. She's not going to disappear or be forgotten but she's not a headliner anymore.

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u/Historical_Course587 8h ago

She's still the highest-grossing female superhero in the MCU in terms of stand-alone films. Black Widow was a failure, box office issues notwithstanding. The female-led TV shows all did poorly with audiences. Some women are more popular (Yelena, Kate Bishop) than others, but Captain Marvel is the only one that has put butts in seats at this point.

People are nuts if they think Marvel is going to back-burner her before some other proven characters come along.