Emilia Clarke played Daenerys Targaryen, the mother dragon, in Game Of Thrones. But who will we see her in the upcoming Disney Plus series Secret Invasion? There was a lot of puzzling – and we at FILMSTARTS also followed all possible clues. Will Clarke play a shape-shifting Skrull, a mutant and SWORD agent named Abigail Brand, in the MCU, or someone else?
Now we finally know: Emilia Clarke will indeed play a Skrull in Marvel’s Secret Invasion, namely G’iah, daughter of Talos.
Giah in “Captain Marvel”
What makes the role so special? We’ve seen the character G’iah in the MCU as a kid. The little Skrull girl starred opposite Talos (Ben Mendelsohn) in 2019’s ‘Captain Marvel’ — and Nick Fury actor Samuel L. Jackson confirmed it in an interview with now clear that Clarke will step into that role: “Remember when [Talos] was seen with his wife and daughter? [Clarke] is the now adult Skrull girl. She plays his daughter”.
What the adult G’iah looks like must also released an exclusive photo — along with a slew of other Secret Invasion images to check out on Twitter:
And this is what G’iah looked like as a kid alongside her dad Talos in Captain Marvel:
In addition to Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, other MCU returns include Martin Freeman as CIA operative Everett K. Ross, Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes, and Cobie Smulders as Fury’s S.H.I.E.L.D. partner Maria Hill “Secret invasion”. Oscar winner is new Olivia Coleman as a more antagonistic MI6 agent, who sometimes works with, sometimes against Nick Fury – depending on how it serves their own goals. Here’s a look at Colman’s character:
“Secret invasion‘ begins June 21, 2023 Disney+. Noisy In the series, a Skrull extremist group led by Gravik (Kingsley Ben-Adir) will cause unrest on Earth. Gravik radicalizes part of the Skrull, thereby opposing Talos, who has so far tried to peacefully find a new home for his people – probably in vain. Especially bitter for Talos: his daughter G’iah has joined Gravik…