Captain Marvel trailer: Who does Jude Law play in Captain Marvel?

Prior to the newest Captain Marvel trailer release, many assumed Jude Law would be playing Mar-Vell. Mar-Vell is well known to Marvel comic book fans as the Kree alien responsible for giving Carol Danvers her powers, turning her into the hero everyone knows and loves. However, a recent leak to a new toy has given the Internet pause, forcing them to rethink this assumption about who plays whom. With the trailer came the addition of Annette Benning to the cast, and a whole new host of rumours.

Who does Jude Law play in Captain Marvel?

Everyone assumed Law played Mar-Vell, a Kree alien who, in both the film and the comics, has been on the heroes side of the battle.

However, a new leak has thrown this theory into hot water and fans are not best pleased.

Funko, the toy company responsible for making the hugely popular Pop! figures, has caused quite the stir with its Yon-Rogg toy.

Why? Because Yon-Rogg looks remarkably like Jude Law in all of the Captain Marvel promotional material.

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The toy, whose name has now been changed to Star Commander, caused further consternation amongst fans due to the nature of the character in the comics.

In the original comic books, Yon-Rogg was a military warrior fueled by jealousy and hatred of Mar-Vell.

The trailer also added to the speculation that Annette Benning, not Law, would play Mar-Vell.

Sites like IMDB list Law as Mar-Vell, but this could all be part of a coy plan on behalf of Marvel to conceal the truth and make for an excellent plot twist.

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And it is worth nothing IMDB also lists Annette Benning in the cast, but without any character name associated.

If Law is, in fact, Yon-Rogg, it means his character will end up being the main villain and not Ben Mendelson as the Skrull leader, Talos.

Marvel films often have more than one villain – a subplot which moves the narrative towards the main conflict.

The trailer further supports this switch in Mar-Vell actors, as Law is shown vaguely threateningly towards Captain Marvel.

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The short feature also portrays Annette Benning positively, as she narrates how the Kree helped save Carol Danvers’ life and bestow her with powers.

Not all had been convinced that Jude Law was set to be a good guy, however.

Popular pop culture site Nerdist put forth the theory of Law’s dastardly nature back in September, shortly after the first trailer was released.

Their speculation centred around the vague quotes Law gave regarding his and Captain Marvel’s relationship.

The quotes lent themselves easily to the Law as Mar-Vell theory, but could also be applied to Yon-Rogg, as Nerdist pointed out.

“We know that Law is playing “the commander of Starforce,” an elite Kree military team of which Carol Danvers is a member, and he “views Carol as a mentee and pet project’,” Nerdist wrote.

“Many have homed in on that mentor relationship as further evidence that Law is playing Mar-Vell, but we think this is a red herring.

“In the comics, Yon-Rogg was a military officer stationed aboard a Kree spaceship sent to Earth by the Supreme Intelligence, the hyper-advanced A.I. that rules over the Kree.

“Yon-Rogg fought alongside Mar-Vell, but not-so-secretly hated him because they both pined after the same woman, a Kree medic named Una.”

With Fuko’s leak, there is now corroborating evidence that Law is, in fact, Yon-Rogg, not Mar-Vell.

Captain Marvel is released in UK cinemas on March 8, 2019.