Kree Villain Minn-Erva Cast For Captain Marvel

Marvel Studios has cast the role of Minn-Erva (aka Doctor Minerva) in their upcoming Captain Marvel movie.

Deadline reports Gemma Chan (Humans, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Transformers: The Last Knight) is playing Minn-Erva, who in the comics is a Kree geneticist and spy that came to Earth seeking the exiled Kree Captain Mar-Vell in hopes of mating with him and using his altered genes to help progress the Kree genetic code.

A previously released description for Captain Marvel offered: The superhero film will be set in the 90s, and the Skrulls, alien shape-shifters, will be the primary antagonists. After encountering the Kree hero, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers was accidently subjected to otherworldly radiation that transformed her into a superhuman warrior. Calling herself Ms. Marvel, she established herself as one of Marvel’s most powerful and prominent heroes as a sole heroine and as a member of the Avengers. Recently, she adopted the mantle of Captain Marvel for herself.