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For our first Fancasting post we’re looking at\u00a0the female hero we\u2019d most like to see gracing the big screen, Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel.\u00a0In anticipation of an eventual<\/span> possible future Captain Marvel movie (based on Kelly Sue DeConnick\u2019s comic series, of course) we\u2019ve put together a few people we think would do justice to Carol Danvers and Jessica Drew.<\/p>\n

Take a look at our list below and then sound off in the comments with who your choices would be to play\u00a0these two kickass ladies.<\/p>\n

Carol Danvers: Captain Marvel<\/h3>\n

The rumor mill<\/a>\u00a0has been working overtime for months now with news that Katee Sackhoff would be a possible\u00a0frontrunner to play Carol Danvers. She’s been fanning the fire with some vague tweets and pictures of herself in something that looks suspiciously<\/a> like it could be the cast for a retractable headpiece. We\u2019d love to see\u00a0her\u00a0in the role, but until it\u2019s officially been confirmed by TPTB, we aren’t\u00a0holding our breath. Here are a few others we could see in the role.<\/p>\n

Katheryn Winnick<\/a><\/h4>\n

She’s got the fighting skills, as proven by her roles\u00a0in the History\u00a0Channel’s Vikings\u00a0<\/em>and as an assassin in the (mostly laughable) movie Killers<\/em>. She’s got the look. She’s got the attitude. Just give her a fauxhawk and\u00a0a bomber jacket and you have Carol.<\/p>\n

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Yvonne Strahovski<\/a><\/h4>\n

We\u2019ve seen her kick ass as Sarah on Chuck<\/i> and we\u2019ve seen her digital copy kick ass in Mass Effect<\/i>. She\u2019s got the hair and the attitude. And lets face it: she\u2019d look stunning in a retractable helm.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Jerod Harris – \u00a9 2013 Getty Images – Image courtesy gettyimages.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Laura Vandervoort<\/a><\/h4>\n

Probably best known for Seth MacFarlane’s Ted<\/em> and recently seen\u00a0as lead character Elena in the adaptation of Bitten<\/em>, Laura’s a little less well known than the others on this list–but if she can play an ass-kicking, name-taking werewolf, there’s no doubt she can also play a half-Kree\u00a0Avenger powerhouse. We’d love to see if she can add the edge she would need to play a convincing Carol.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Syfy – \u00a9 2013 Syfy Media, LLC<\/p><\/div>\n

Jessica Drew: Spider-Woman<\/h3>\n

While the role of Jessica Drew hasn\u2019t been subjected to quite the same level of rumor as Carol Danvers there was this gem<\/a>\u00a0a few years back that had its eyes on Vanessa Hudgens. We don\u2019t agree with that casting at all–and we\u2019ve picked a few more actresses that would be better suited to the role.<\/p>\n

Bridget Regan<\/a><\/h4>\n

She\u2019s proven her fighting skills to be both effective and graceful as the Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell on Legend of the Seeker<\/i>. We know she\u2019s a knockout with dark hair, and we\u2019re pretty sure that she\u2019d hit this role out of the park.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – \u00a9 2010 Getty Images – Image courtesy gettyimages.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Meghan Ory<\/a><\/h4>\n

She first came to our attention as Red\/Ruby on Once Upon A Time<\/em>, where she proved she’s able to go with the flow of a crazy, mythical world. However, it was her role as Riley on the short-lived show Intelligence<\/em> that really proved she has the chops to be a superhero. \u00a0Plus, she’d rock the outfit like nobody business.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Jeff Petry – \u00a9 2011 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n

M\u00eda Maestro<\/a><\/h4>\n

While she’s been in quite a few things since\u00a0Alias<\/em>–currently she’s starring\u00a0in FX’s\u00a0The Strain<\/em>–she will always be Sydney Bristow’s half-sister Nadia to us. She showed us great range on\u00a0Alias<\/em> and we’re sure she could add a great deal of talent to the already-overflowing talent pool that is the MCU. Plus, if she joins the MCU, she can probably stop getting called “Breaking Dawn<\/em>‘s Mia Maestro” in press releases (seriously, what was she thinking?).<\/p>\n

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Photo by Lester Cohen – \u00a9 WireImage.com – Image courtesy WireImage.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Will it ever actually happen?<\/h3>\n

During SDCC 2014 when Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was asked, yet again, when the studio would give us a movie with a female lead, he gave this response:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re right about that, and I think it comes down to timing, which is what I\u2019ve sort of always said, and it comes down to us being able to tell the right story. I very much believe in doing it. I very much believe that it\u2019s unfair to say, \u201cPeople don\u2019t want to see movies with female heroes,\u201d then list five movies that were not very good, therefore, people didn\u2019t go to the movies because they weren\u2019t good movies, versus [because] they were female leads. And they don\u2019t mention \u201cHunger Games,\u201d \u201cFrozen,\u201d \u201cDivergent.\u201d You can go back to \u201cKill Bill\u201d or \u201cAliens.\u201d These are all female-led movies. It can certainly be done. I hope we do it sooner rather than later.<\/i><\/p>\n

But we find ourselves in the very strange position of managing more franchises than most people have \u2014 which is a very, very good thing and we don\u2019t take for granted, but is a challenging thing. You may notice from those release dates, we have three for 2017. And that\u2019s because just the timing worked on what was sort of gearing up. But it does mean you have to put one franchise on hold for three or four years in order to introduce a new one? I don\u2019t know. Those are the kinds of chess matches we\u2019re playing right now.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his rather wishy-washy response, we agree that sooner rather than later is preferable when it comes to finally seeing a female hero take top billing in a Marvel movie. They’ve proven to us with Guardians of the Galaxy\u00a0<\/em>that they can get audiences to connect with a sentient tree and a talking raccoon.\u00a0They also, conveniently enough, introduced the Kree, setting in place practically every puzzle piece required to smoothly introduce Carol to the MCU–now, it’s just a matter of doing it.<\/p>\n

Let’s see what you’ve got, Marvel. We’re waiting.<\/p>\n

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