A Geeky Viewpoint

Gigi Edgley

A rumor making its was across the interweb over the last couple of days has suggested that Australian born actress Gigi Edgley has either signed on to play Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, or in final negotiations for the part.  

Gigi Edgley is best known for portraying Chiana in the Sci-Fi Adventure TV show Farscape from 1999 to 2003.   Lately she has been the host of SyFy channel's Jim Hensen's Creature Shop Challenge and making the round to numerous America Sci-Fi and Comic shows.  



Chiana

With as many names being floated out there for the part of Carol Danvers it is not surprising that some unusual or out of the box names also get floated by.

The rumors cite several insiders and point to the fact that Gigi Edgley has been extremely active in the past year increasing her American and European name recognition by appearing at nearly two dozen Sci-Fi and Comic over the past 18 months or so.  The number of appearances is highly unusual for a actor/character in her position of being nearly 10 years removed from her role as Chiana.  

On a personal note when I first saw these rumors on March 19th I thought it was sort of suspicious that on the 16th Anniversary of Farscape that an actor from the show would be linked to a major part.  However as I thought about it over the weekend several parts of the rumors seem to ring true.

Marvel Studios has long history of hiring the actor that bests fits the role rather than a known quantity, so choosing Gigi over Katheryn Winnick or Katee Sackhoff isn't out of the question.   Gigi Edgley's roles have given her at least on the public side the look and attitude that I feel could make her a great Carol Danvers 

Joss Whedon on Sunday confirmed in a Marvel Interview that Avengers: Age of Ultron will introduce us to characters we haven't glimpsed yet.   The trailer has given us Moondragon and either Hela or the Enchantress, so does the inclusion of Carol Danvers suddenly make sense?  
As an aside I strongly believe that it is Hela in the Marvel Trailer as Marvel has been increasing her name recognition in the past six months.  

In the end the more I thought about it, the more I grew to like the idea that Gigi Edgley could indeed be Captain Marvel.     Only time will tell if this rumor has any legs.