When the actor was originally cast it was believed he was playing Mar-Vell, the comic character that held the Captain Marvel moniker prior to Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers.
However, when recently asked if he was playing Captain Marvel, the actor insisted that wasn’t the case.
The next big entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feels closer than ever now that we’ve crossed the border into 2019, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about Captain Marvel, including the identity of the character being played by Jude Law.