In September, the first teaser of Marvel’s Secret Invasion was unveiled and it saw the first look at Olivia Colman in the MCU as she debuts as Agent Sonya Falsworth, a friend of Nick Fury who will be played by Samuel L. Jackson. Months after that, Colman opens up about joining the MCU. Speaking with USA Today, Colman reveals being a Marvel fan and her excitement to join the MCU, “I feel slightly unfaithful to the smaller films, but I am a Marvel fan. After every Marvel film [was released], I’d go to my agent, like, ‘Can I be a superhero?’ So eventually I got to do a tiny bit in a Marvel show and I was thrilled.” Colman also showed enthusiasm working with her co-stars in Secret Invasion, “From an actor’s point of view, to play and do all sorts of things is the dream. And I got to meet Samuel L. Jackson – the other Sam that I love – and Don Cheadle.” Colman’s character, Sonya Falsworth, will be making her debut in Secret Wars and could potentially be seen in future Marvel projects considering her closeness to Nick Fury.
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Her surname, Falsworth, is not new to the MCU considering that a colleague of Captain America from the Howling Commandos had the same last name as hers, James Falsworth. It is not unusual to see common names in the MCU because that leads to some established history within the narrative of the franchise. Other than her name, there is not much known about Colman’s character, Sonya Falsworth, but given the excitement of the actress to work under the MCU, she could be someone to look out for in the future. Secret Invasion will be dealing with the Skrulls, shapeshifting aliens first introduced in Captain Marvel, who, surprisingly, managed to infiltrate all aspects of life on the planet, even the government. The cast of Secret Invasion includes Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes/ War Machine, Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Martin Freeman as Everett Ross, Kingsley Ben-Adir as Gravik, Emilia Clarke as Abigail Brand, and Olivia Colman as Sonya Falsworth. Also in the cast are Dermot Mulroney as US President Ritson, and Killian Scott, Carmen Ejogo, Charlayne Woodard, and Christopher McDonald whose roles are yet to be disclosed. Secret Invasion is currently on an early 2023 release window.
