The second episode of Secret Invasion is now streaming on Disney+, and the plot is most definitely beginning to thicken as Gravik and his Skrull infiltrators enact their plan for world domination.
If you haven't watched "Promises" yet, major spoilers follow.
In the closing moments of the episode, we learn that Nick Fury is married... to a Skrull! We see the shape-shifter in question transform into her human form just as Fury walks through the door, before putting on his wedding ring and sharing a passionate embrace with his wife, Priscilla (Charlayne Woodard).
Because of the way the scene was edited, some viewers seem to be under the impression that Nick is unaware that his better half is a Skrull, but director Ali Selim has now cleared things up during an interview with Deadline.
"In the script, he knows. And when we shot it, it was interesting that maybe he didn’t know. We ultimately edited it in a way that made people feel like, 'I wonder if he knows or not.'
The ending could be viewed as somewhat ambiguous... if we didn't already know that Fury's wife is the same woman who brought a young Gravik to him in the flashback at the beginning of the episode! There's a chance he wouldn't recognize her human form, but it seems highly unlikely.
At any rate, it sounds like Priscilla is going to have an important part to play in the rest of the season.
"I think his wife is a support and a complication, and I think you will learn interesting things about their relationship…going forward,” Selim added. “But ultimately, that is the personal issue that he needs to confront to make this make sense to him.”
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"In Marvel Studios’ new series Secret Invasion, set in the present day MCU, Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity."
The series stars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Martin Freeman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Charlayne Woodard, Killian Scott, Samuel Adewunmi, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher McDonald, Katie Finneran, with Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, and Don Cheadle.
Ali Selim directs and executive-produces, along with fellow executive producers Kevin Feige, Jonathan Schwartz, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Samuel L. Jackson, Ali Selim, Kyle Bradstreet and Brian Tucker. Kyle Bradstreet is also the head writer, and Jennifer L. Booth, Allana Williams and Brant Englestein serve as co-executive producers.