The Marvel characters that have already passed through our screens are so many that it is difficult to keep count. Between series and movies there is a legion of faces to remember and, therefore, it is very likely that one of them, which you have seen several times, will be overlooked. Or, rather, that you didn’t realize that a certain actress died and was resurrected in the MCU as two different characters in two different movies . We’ll tell you all the details and see if you’ve been able to find out who we’re talking about.
It is not the first time that Marvel actors have embodied several different characters from the Comics universe. It has already happened, for example, with Chris Evans. Captain (and the ass of) America was already a Marvel superhero before he became the first Avenger, and it is that the oldest of the place remember him as Johnny Storm, the Human Torch , in the first Fantastic Four movies.
That the continuity failure can be excused, because they were separate producers and without a cohesive universe. But now something like this has happened again with a certain actress who played one character in one MCU movie and appeared as a completely different character in another.
Do you know who we’re talking about?
Gemma Chan, or how to die and resurrect in the UCM
Indeed, we are talking about the British actress Gemma Chan, who has played two different roles in the UCM.
Probably, many of us have forgotten that Chan first appeared in the Cinematic Universe participating in the Captain Marvel movie (2019).
There he plays the character of Minn-erva . Somewhat different from the one in the comics, this version is a member of the Starforce team commanded by Yon-Rogg (Jude Law). Minn-erva is an elite marksman, and like a lot of trolls in her mother’s basements, she feels a strong hostility towards her partner Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel.
When it ends up on Earth, Minn-Erva accompanies Starforce to the planet to rescue her, where they discover a group of Skrull refugees and attempt to kill them.
In the film, Minn-erva suffers a tragic fate when she is struck down by Maria Rambeau , Danvers’s best friend.
However, we all know that when it comes to Marvel, death matters little.
Resurrected as Sersi in Eternals
The same actress would play another character in the movie Eternals (2021) and the truth is that it is not hidden or secondary. In fact, she plays Sersi, who ends up becoming the leader of the Eternals on Earth.
As the protector of humans, she will face her destiny and try to successfully stop the Emergence and the birth of a Celestial, one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe.
In fact, if more parts of the Eternals are made or they start to appear in other UCM movies, Chan will have a leading role again and we assume that the occasional awkward moment, when he shares the screen with Carol Danvers.
Or not really, because the truth is that very few have realized the issue or have not even cared. And knowing how Marvel fans are with their stuff, that’s already weird.
