As soon as Monica Rambeau mentioned having a friend who's an aerospace engineer in WandaVision, fans immediately started speculating as to who that might be. Surely, John Krasinski was going to show up as Reed Richards, right? Failing that, Marvel Studios must have secretly cast an actor as Blue Marvel.
Well, none of that panned out, and even Kevin Feige has admitted to being surprised by the speculation it generated online. Now, WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer has weighed in.
Confirming that it was indeed Major Goodner who delivered that vehicle in the seventh episode, the writer explained to The Daily Princetonian where the real-life inspiration for that character came from.
"You know, the character that Monica [Rambeau] met on the show that everybody thought was going to be Reed Richards, the engineer? That character is Major Goodner, and she’s named after one of my friends, Aly Goodner, that I went to Princeton with, who’s part of this group."
"I made that choice because that character represents every time one of these women has come through for me and every time they’ve been good at their job," Schaeffer continued. "It became this hilarious thing for me that everybody was like, 'It’s going to be Reed Richards, it’s going to be some important man,' and I’m like, 'No, it’s just a lady who’s awesome at what she does and who will be there for her friends.'"
You can't really argue with that, and we, as fans, only really have ourselves for blame for getting excited over something that was just a throwaway line.
How are you feeling about the "big" aerospace engineer reveal in WandaVIsion now?