Brie Larson is front and center in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe installment, Captain Marvel, but she’s got some key supporting characters by her side throughout the movie. On Earth it’s her best friend Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch) and Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, and then out in space it’s a group of Kree warriors known as Starforce. The movie opens up with Captain Marvel already in outer space with superpowers, fighting on the side of the Kree in the Kree-Skrull war. She doesn’t remember her human past but at this particular point in time, it doesn't matter because she loves being a Kree.

While visiting the set of Captain Marvel back in the summer of 2018, I got to join a group of journalists for roundtable interviews with some of the cast, and they ran us through all of the basics of Starforce. In addition to Captain Marvel, the group consists of Bron-Char (Rune Temte), Captain Atlas (Algenis Soto), Minn-Erva (Gemma Chan), Korath (Djimon Hounsou) and also Jude Law as the Starforce leader. As executive producer Jonathan Schwartz described, they’re basically an outer space SEAL Team Six.

We didn’t get the chance to talk to Temte who’s described as the “bigger, stronger guy who fights with his fists” or Soto whose character is dubbed a marksman with two pistols, but we did get a little bit of information on the Starforce leader, Minn-Erva and Korath straight from Law, Chan and Hounsou themselves:

Jude Law as the Starforce Leader

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Marvel has yet to officially reveal the name of Law’s character in the film, but right now, there are many reasons to suspect that he is playing Yon-Rogg. Law couldn’t tell us exactly how his character meets Carol Danvers, but he did tease their mentor-mentee relationship and that “how they met and what they offer to each other is very much at the heart of the film and the journey that Brie's character goes on.” Schwartz also offered up some additional details on how Law’s character factors into this story:

“He's kind of the leader of her squad on Hala and teaches her in the ways of being a Kree warrior. And so over the course of their adventure, when she gets captured by the Skrulls and they get separated, he spends a lot of the movie trying to find her and trying to get her back and rescue her from the Skrulls. It's a tender relationship, but it's very much mentor-protégé. And I think Carol still has a lot of the elements that made her human in her, which Jude Law's character both appreciates and is irritated by.”

Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva

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As described by Chan, Minn-Erva is a sniper and long-range specialist who’s very dedicated to Starforce. But apparently, there’s a slight rivalry between Minn-Erva and Carol. She further explained, “I suppose before Carol joined the team, Minn-Erva was probably kind of the star of this Starforce team, and she was probably the favorite of the commander who is played by Jude Law.”

Djimon Hounsou as Korath

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You probably remember Korath the Pursuer from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and now he’s back, again played by Djimon Hounsou. Captain Marvel takes place before the events of the first Guardians movie so obviously Korath is a little younger but, according to Hounsou himself, he’s still the same old Korath; he’s still the same “killing machine.” He was also dubbed the second in command within Starforce.

As for Korath’s relationship with Carol, it seems she enjoys pushing his buttons. Hounsou told us, "I feel like Carol is sort of like the type of person that takes a joy in taking a piss at me all the time, because I'm sort of very machine-like, very framed, very driven. The lack of not being so flexible and playful, she takes a piss at that, I think.”

Mission Prep

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While on set, we got to see the entire group assemble for a scene that takes place just as they embark on a mission. We get a conversation between Minn-Erva and Carol that shows off a little bit of the rivalry between the two of them. Minn-Erva says, “All charged up. Congratulations,” to which Carol snaps back, “Was there ever any doubt?” Minn-Erva replies, “You heard the part about this being a stealth operation?” Carol asks, “What are you saying?” That’s when the scene references a past incident, a story that makes Carol insist, “That was not my fault. We were told to bring the heat.”

Minn-Erva warns her, “Just remember twinkle fists; you think with your head, not your hands.” That’s when Jude Law’s character steps in. He tells Minn-Erva that Carol knows, and then declares it’s game time. Minn-Erva and Atlas are assigned to find elevation and provide cover, while the rest of them will extract what sounded like, “Solar.” After that, the team hops onto these slabs/beds jutting out from the walls, that then slide back into the walls of the ship. Hounsou told us that it’s some sort of sleep aid.

For more of my Captain Marvel set visit coverage, check out the links below:

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