So this idea for introducing (the real)
Madame Masque, Count Nefaria, The Maggia, and a few other
Marvel Characters into the
Marvel Cinematic Universe kinda popped into my head the other day and I had fun fleshing out the idea. I don't think this is the sort of thing that could be a standalone movie. But I think it has potential as a series or On-Demand/Direct-to-DVD release.
Warning! This is a relatively long post with some relatively obscure references in it. Admittedly, my choices (characters and actors) won't be to everyone's taste, but I just felt like sharing this with any and all like-minded comic book movie fanatics out there.
Hope you dig it.
Luchino Nefaria (1960 - present day)
aka Conte Luchino Nefaria di Puglia
aka Count Nefaria
Actor- Cosimo Fusco >[link]
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Born to Italian nobleman Francesco Nefaria and pharmaceutical heiress Giulia Nefaria (nee Fabbri) on February 3rd, 1960
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Chairman of the C.L.N. Neuropharmaceutical Group (formerly Fabbri Laboratories)
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Chairman of the holding company Inseguimenti illuminato, LLC
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Recently finalized the move of his personal and business holdings from Milan, Italy to New York following the financial crisis of the late 2000's
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Has ties to both the Maggia crime syndicate (via the Fabbri family ) as well as the occultist family, the Montesis [link] (via the Nefaria family)
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Skilled in the fields of biochemistry, neuropharmacology, corporate finance, world politics, and the occult
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Came to the attention of the U.S. intelligence community due to some suspicious dealings with Aldrich Killian, Maya Hansen, and the company Advanced Ideas Mechanics
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In addition to his profitable business ventures and well-publicized philanthropic activities, Luchino also engages in acts of illegal arms dealing, international terror and sedition, political assassination, large scale money laundering, and unethical human experimentation.
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An ambitious, strong-willed, and well-financed leader that is more than willing to use bleeding edge science and the dark arts to further his cause
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Married childhood friend Renata Cicero on January 29th 1986 (at age 25 )
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Became father to Giuleta Kristina Nefaria on September 17th, 1987 (at age 27)
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Began moving into his role as head of the family Nefaria after the sudden disappearance of his father when he was 18 years old
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Has traveled and studied throughout Europe, the U.S., South America, and Asia
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Shares his mother's ambitious and brilliant mind as well as his father's charm
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Has become very familiar with the family's ties to the Maggia and the Montesis by way of introductions and meetings orchestrated by his ever-present mother and aunt. And while he excels in areas of business, science, and politics, his lessons in areas of the dark arts (via his paternal aunt Lavinia) have left him feeling uneasy.
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Has already begun to grow and expand the family's wealth and influence to the international stage before reaching the age of 30.
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Married childhood friend Renata Cicero - daughter of Maggia consigliere Caesar Cicero - on January 29th, 1986
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Lost wife in failed kidnapping attempt one year later on September 17th, 1987
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Becomes a father to Giulieta Nefaria (September 17th, 1987
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Born to industrialist and Italian nobleman Luchino Nefaria and art history student Renata Nefaria (nee Cicero) on September 17th, 1987
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Grew up under the care of au pairs and the staff of the Nefaria estate due to Luchino's desire to bury himself in work after the death of his wife.
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Has a very close relationship with Grigori Sovchenko [link] , the head of the Nefaria family's personal security detail and Giulieta's surrogate father-figure.
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Distanced herself from the family in her late teens and early 20's, traveling the world and living the life of a celebrity heiress
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Believes Luchino partly blames her for her mother's demise, feeling the strain of childbirth coupled with the wounds Renata sustained during the failed kidnap attempt proved too much for her body to withstand.
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Shortly after turning 25, Giulieta's health began to decline and, as her situation became increasingly worse, she reached out to her father moments before she suffered from a series of seizures that required hospitalization
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Upon recovery, she was notified that she is suffering from a rare neurodegenerative disease that appears to stem from the same attack that killed her mother. She was then informed that the group who attacked her parents shot Renata with an unidentified weapon that slowly wore away at her nervous and integumentary systems.
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As a result of her condition, Giulieta is required to wear a special regenerative body suit for many hours each day in order to temporarily repair the damage that the disease inflicts on her skin, muscles, and peripheral nervous system. She must also wear a one-of-a-kind mask that uses fringe science and other unknown properties to heal the brain damage/central nervous system damage that she continually suffers from the disease. The mask and body suit also temporarily enhance her senses, reaction time, physical strength, and speed.
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Now at age 29, Giulieta has become a tough, driven, guarded and independent member of the Nefaria empire
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Is slowly opening up to Luchino's attempts to rebuild their fractured relationship.
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Is quickly taking to the life of crime and strategy that Luchino is no longer shielding her from.
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Daughter of lawyer and Maggia consigliere Caesar Cicero [link]
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Raised mostly in the U.S., but spent summers in Italy with her family and the Nefaria family
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Was aware that her father engaged in criminal activities, but tried not to let his faults come between their bond as father and daughter.
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Had an artistic and warm nature that initially didn't mesh well with Luchino's dominating personality.
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Was a student of the arts and architecture, who planned to become an art conservator and gallery owner
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Grew to respect and love Luchino for his directness, loyalty, and forward-thinking nature, and often saw a side of him that few rarely get to see.
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Married Luchino Nefaria on January 29th, 1986
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Became pregnant with Giulieta sometime near the beginning of January 1987
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Her personal transport was attacked by unidentified forces near the end of her pregnancy, in what is believed to be a failed kidnapping/ransom attempt.
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During the attack, Grigori Sovchenko wounded an attacker who, in return, shot both Grigori (intentionally) and Renata (accidentally) with a weapon that utilized advanced technology to attack it's victim's nervous system and skin
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Renata died during childbirth on September 17th, 1987
Giulia Fabbri-Nefaria (1938-2007)
aka Contessa Giulia Nefaria di Puglia
aka "The Dark Contessa"
Actress- Avaah Blackwell >[link]
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Heiress to the pharmaceutical group Fabbri Laboratories - a privately held outfit that also shipped weapons and stolen goods for the Maggia crime syndicate
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A brilliant businesswoman who ran her family's company behind-the-scenes, turning their strong-armed servitude to the Maggia into a more equitable partnership while also expanding the company's legal affairs across Eastern Europe
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Met Francesco and Lavinia Nefaria while traveling through Eastern Europe.
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Married Italian nobleman Francesco Nefaria on February 14th, 1957
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Gave birth to Luchino Nefaria on February 3rd, 1960
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Maintained private laboratories where she held undocumented and unsactioned experiments and drug trials
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Was fiercely protective of her son, paying special attention to almost every aspect of his life
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Private, exacting, and enterprising, the Contessa did not spend much time in the social circles of her class - opting to stay close to her son and her lifelong friend Lavinia Nefaria.
Francesco Nefaria (1931 -?)
aka Conte Francesco Nefaria di Puglia
Actor- Josh Keaton >[link]
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Husband to Giulia Nefaria (nee Fabbri) and father to Luchino Nefaria
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Charming, impulsive, and emotionally unstable
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Spent a large portion of the Nefaria family's wealth on bad investments and a lavish lifestyle prior to his marriage to Giulia
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Grew to resent his wife 's intelligence and increasingly overarching power over the family
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Steadily grew more and more paranoid that Giulia and Lavinia were planning to have him committed to a mental institution, or worse, prior to his sudden disappearance.
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Disappeared without a trace in November of 1978 (at age 47)
Lavinia Nefaria (1938 - ?)
aka Lady Lavinia Nefaria
Actress- Cortney Palm >[link]
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Sister to Francesco Nefaria and sister-in-law to Giulia Nefaria
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Independent, self-reliant, seductive, femme fatale
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Initiate and student of the Montesi family of occultists
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Familiar with the dark magic item, The Darkhold [link], the elder god/cosmic being Chthon [link], the Japanese secret society of The Hand [link],, the demonic entitiy, The Beast of The Hand [link], and other arcane societies and practices.
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Moderately skilled in darkness manipulation, energy manipulation, illusion casting, lifeforce siphoning, and spell casting
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Lifelong friend and constant companion of Giulia Nefaria