7) Alfre Woodard Is Playing Who?
When it was revealed Alfre Woodard would be a part of Civil War, it seemed pretty obvious to anyone keeping up with Marvel’s TV output who she’d be playing.
The upcoming Marvel/Netflix series Luke Cage has Woodard in a major role, as Mariah Dillard, someone who many assume will later become the key villain Black Mariah. So having Woodard in Civil War makes sense – like the cameo-ing Freeman and Tomei, it’s Marvel teasing future characters and upcoming projects.
Only that isn’t who Woodard plays in Civil War at all. In fact, she plays a completely different character named Miriam Sharpe, a woman who lost her son in Age of Ultron‘s battle of Sokovia.
It turns out Woodard’s casting was actually the result of a slip up: Robert Downey Jr. suggested she appear in Civil War before anyone involved in the film knew she was going to also turn up in Luke Cage. It appears the MCU has become so big that an actress can now take on two separate parts without anyone even noticing.
Published: May 5, 2016 01:08 pm