Secret Invasion Star Emilia Clarke Shares New Behind-the-Scenes Photos

The best look at Secret Invasion arrived earlier this week, with Marvel Studios unveiling a new trailer and poster for the upcoming Disney+ series. Secret Invasion will combine a roster of Marvel Cinematic Universe veterans and newcomers, including Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke. Theories had swirled that Clarke would be playing everyone from Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman to Abigail Brand, but her role on Secret Invasion has now been revealed to be G’iah, the daughter of Talos (Ben Mendelsohn).

In a recent post to her Instagram, Clarke shared a new look at her playing G’iah on Secret Invasion, captioning two behind-the-scenes photos with “G’iah. Let the badass-ing begin.”

What is Secret Invasion about?

Secret Invasion will center around MCU veterans Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Talos (Mendelsohn) as they deal with an invasion of shape-shifting Skrulls who have infiltrated all aspects of life on Earth. Other MCU veterans will include Smulders as Maria Hill, Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes / War Machine, and Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross. New cast members will include Emilia Clarke, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman, Carmen Ejogo, Christopher McDonald, Dermot Mulroney, and Killian Scott. The series will be written and executive produced by Kyle Bradstreet, and directed by Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim.

“It looks so good,” Smulders raved in an interview earlier this fall, “and it’s a very different tone than I’ve seen [in the MCU]. I mean, having Sam [Jackson] in anything is just a thrill to watch, but I think it really sets his character up in a really interesting way that I’ve always wanted to see.”

“It’s the most depth I’ve been able to show of Maria Hill,” Smulders continued. “That’s the beauty of these series that Marvel is doing, you’re able to really get backstory of these characters. What are the conversations that happen when they’re just sitting around drinking coffee? It’s not like, ‘We’ve gotta get the bad guys! We’ve gotta get the thing! We’ve gotta save the world again!’ It’s like, ‘Let’s just have a chat, let’s go for a walk.’ We get to see those kinds of moments and be a bit more intimate with the characters.”

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Secret Invasion is expected to debut on Disney+ on June 21st. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can do that right here. 

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