Captain Marvel's Original Ending Wasn't What You Saw In The Movie, Editor Debbie Ryan Reveals

Captain Marvel released this month on March 5 and it was quick to become the talk of the town as it dropped in hints about 'Avengers: Endgame'. The fans were excited to know about Brie Larson playing an important part in the upcoming final film of the Avengers franchise. The movie broke a lot of records at the worldwide box office. 

The studio is trying to position Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to play a major role in the future. The film had an optimistic ending that gave her a clear goal to move forward but according to a report by ComicBook, that was not the only decided ending. In an interview with Debbie Berman who has worked on Spider-Man: Homecoming and Black Panther for Marvel, revealed that the film had different endings. 

She revealed that directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck had originally planned a totally different ending for the film. "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." Berman told Entertainment Tonight.

"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, "Berman added.

At the end of 'Captain Marvel', Carol learns about Kree's deceptive plans to eradicate the Skrulls. She decides to change her alliance and help the Skrulls find a new home.  Berman definitely helped improve the movie and helped establish a potential sequel for the future. She also spoke about her experience in working with Marvel. 

"I feel very honored that I got to work on the Marvel films that I did," Berman told ET over email following the film's release. "I can’t imagine a better personal trilogy! To be a part of when Spidey finally came home to Marvel was phenomenal. As a South African, to be a part of Black Panther was incredible. And then to be a part of their first female-led film has been brilliant! To see all these films embraced and break financial and critical records has been overwhelming."

In the interview, she was asked what her favorite scene in the film was, to which she replied, "There is actually a section that has always felt like the heart of the film to me, and that is when we are in Louisiana meeting Maria (Lashana Lynch) and Monica (Akira Akbar). We’ve just come out of an action sequence, and there is a scene where she sits with her old friend, Maria, to try and discover her past. "

"The film slows down, and you can feel that connection between the two of them. It always reminds me of that moment when there is a friend that perhaps you didn't speak to for a few years, and then when you connect again, it's like not a second has passed and you pick up exactly where you left off.  And even though Carol doesn't necessarily recall this friendship, it has that feeling, and the chemistry reasserts itself almost instantly and you can see that the foundation of that love and friendship is still there," she added. 

Berman also spoke about the pros and cons in the structure of 'Captain Marvel' from the editor's point of view. "The pros are that this is a structure that we are not used to, which makes the story a more interesting and original adventure. The challenge that comes with that is that we don't have a history with that character, and therefore we don't necessarily have the emotional connection to them and their powers," she said. 

"To address that, we learn the history of Carol through the 'mindfrack' sequence, which allows us to emotionally connect to her as just a normal human being. And she ultimately achieves her true powers at the end of the film, the discovery of which we experience with her.  So we don’t experience the origin of her initial powers, but we do experience that of her true powers, which, to come full circle, is ultimately driven by her humanity, " she added.