‘Captain Marvel’ Editor Debbie Berman Reveals The Film’s Original Ending

Spoilers ahead for Captain Marvel!

In a recent interview, Captain Marvel editor Debbie Berman revealed the original ending to the latest Marvel Studios film.

Many MCU fans were wondering where Carol Danvers had been in the MCU heading into the 90s-set Captain Marvel, and the answer revealed in the film has been mixed among fans. At the end of the film, Carol Danvers heads into space with Talos to find the group of Skrulls a new home. She also gives Nick Fury the pager seen at during the Avengers: Infinity War end credits scene, for emergencies.

In regards to the ending, Debbie Berman has edited other notable MCU films like Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther, and most recently tackled Captain Marvel with Elliot Grham. Debbie Berman shared with Entertainment Tonight how the original Captain Marvel ending was different in an earlier edit and why they altered it:

“I did actually suggest some tweaks to the ending of this film. It used to end with Carol flying off into space alone, and I found that a bit jarring. Like, where exactly was she going? And what was she doing? It felt like we needed a stronger visual to assert a more specific justification for her leaving and disappearing for so many years. So we added Talos and his family in their spaceship waiting for her, and they all fly off together. It gave her more of a sense of purpose and made it easier to believe that she left her newfound life on Earth because she was with a friend we knew she cared about, and for a more specific mission. It gave more resonance and closure to her final moment in the film.”

Would you have preferred the original ending or do you think Debbie Berman made the right call? Sound off in the comments below!

Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. While a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom.

Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, Clark Gregg and Jude Law.

Captain Marvel is now playing.

Source: Entertainment Tonight