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22 de set. de 2023 · Secret Invasion star Ben Mendelsohn reflects on his time as Talos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after his character was killed off in the Disney+ miniseries, insisting he will "miss" his long-time role.
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―Talos to G'iah
Talos was the former General of the Skrull Council who collaborated with Mar-Vell in order to save his fellow Skrull refugees from the Kree Empire. In 1995, as the Kree-Skrull War progressed, Talos managed to extract information about the Light-Speed Engine from Carol Danvers and arrived on Earth to retrieve it, where he shapeshifted into S.H.I.E.L.D. Director R. Keller and met Nick Fury. Talos helped Danvers realize that the Kree had manipulated her and teamed up with her, along with Fury and Maria Rambeau, to fend off an attack from the Kree Starforce. Talos and the Skrulls then left Earth to find another planet to live on. In 1997, Talos, his wife Soren and their daughter G'iah returned to Earth after failing to find a new home. Bringing a handful of Skrulls with him, Talos led them for decades as they impersonated humans to perform spy work and gather intel in order to further Fury's career in exchange for Fury promising to find them a new planet to live on.
In 2018, Talos and his family survived the Snap, although Fury perished. When Fury chose to abandon Earth and relocate to space after being resurrected five years later in the Blip, Talos sent a signal to all remaining Skrulls to immigrate to Earth. Months later, Talos and Soren were asked by Fury to impersonate himself and Maria Hill respectively in order to deliver E.D.I.T.H. to Peter Parker. In doing so, Talos took command of Fury's tactical team and came into conflict with the rising global threat of the Elementals, working alongside Quentin Beck and Spider-Man before realizing Beck's fraudulence.
Talos, who sought to find a solution so that humans and Skrulls could co-exist in peace, was exiled from the Skrull Council and replaced by the radicalized Gravik, who killed Soren and recruited Talos' daughter G'iah to begin a secret invasion of Earth. Calling Fury to return from S.A.B.E.R., Talos joined forces with him to stop Gravik and the Skrull Resistance from taking over Earth as their new home. However, Talos was murdered by Gravik while protecting President Ritson during an ambush.
Kree-Skrull WarLiving on EarthImpersonating Nick FurySecret InvasionLegacy―Nick Fury and Talos
Despite appearing to be a fearsome military leader on the surface, Talos was an honorable, kind, and caring leader who wanted the best for the Skrull population and his family, whose safety he put before everything else. He respected diplomacy, often choosing to solve problems through negotiations rather than conflict, as he called out Carol Danvers for being too quick to attack during his visit to the Rambeau Residence. That being said, Talos had an intense hatred towards the Kree and wouldn't hesitate to resort to violence when facing them or those who he thought are their allies, as was seen by how he also attempted to kill Nick Fury when the latter was working with Vers and discovered that he was impersonating R. Keller.
Talos was a compassionate and pragmatic person willing to forgive others and accept his own mistakes, as he decided to seek help from Danvers and Fury upon discovering that they were being misled by the Kree into thinking that the Skrulls were the enemy and wanted to clear the misunderstanding despite knowing that Danvers could eradicate any of his soldiers with ease. Talos was even willing to confront Fury and Danvers in his true form without any shapeshifting as a sign of trust and helped Danvers rediscover her real identity. He also apologized to Fury for their previous encounter. Talos was also willing to forgive others’ mistakes and give others a second chance, as shown when his daughter G'iah told him that Talos always gave them a last chance after another last chance. However, this should not be mistaken as being weak-willed. Talos deeply loved his family and was particularly sensitive when others threaten his daughter, G’iah. He would react strongly when others attempt to harass or demean those he love. This was shown when he furiously stabbed Gravik in the palm when the latter threatened to kill G'iah and put her corpse in a bag for Talos. Later, when the Bob Fairbanks Skrull called G'iah a spineless traitor feeding him information and questioned Talos’ ability to keep her loyalty, Talos shot him dead instantly.
Once his trust was earned, Talos was a very loyal ally and respected the wishes of those he worked with; after learning of Fury's preference to only be called "Fury", he used this as a code word to let him know he had disguised himself as one of the Kree attempting to take him and the Skrulls hostage. Talos also felt sympathetic towards Danvers after learning that she had been manipulated by the Kree into becoming their weapon, he did not hold any grudge against her for her previous hostility either. Talos also had a tendency to use humor as a way to defuse tense situations, but due to being unaccustomed to human socialization, he could sometimes come off as awkward when asked about his shapeshifting abilities. Talos was rightly afraid of Flerkens, he often warned Nick Fury to stay away from Goose, which eventually became the ultimate price of his regrets, his left eye along with the rather flippant and hilarious deaths of several Kree soldiers.
Since 1995, Talos and his Skrull network had assisted Fury in his S.H.I.E.L.D. work and allowed Fury to rise through the ranks, thus Talos and Fury maintained a friendship over the years, to the point that Fury allowed Talos to impersonate him in order to investigate the Elementals and track down Spider-Man. During that time, Talos knew Fury's mannerism and history enough that he could convincingly trick everyone around him into thinking that he was the real Fury; however, some aspects of his impersonation were off, most notably Talos' trusting nature made him believe Mysterio's lies rather easily, whereas it is implied that the real Fury would have seen through Beck's deception or been more suspicious of it. Talos was embarrassed for being fooled by Mysterio, being a shapeshifter with extensive experience at deceiving others.
However, Talos' caring and kind traits was thought of as cowardly and weak by some radical Skrulls, who saw Talos' open trust on Fury to deliver their promise (to find a new home for the Skrull refugees on Earth) even many years has passed and his hope of humans coexisting with Skrulls on Earth as being compromising. Due to his trust in Fury, Talos even refused to side with Gravik when the latter invited him to partner together in preparation for the secret invasion, which led many to see Talos as a traitor that sickened them. Talos' willingness to forgive others and his mercy was also seen as weak. This led to malcontent and disillusionment towards Talos' leadership in the Skrull community, which resulted in Talos’ seat in the Skrull Council taken by a much more radical and aggressive individual, Gravik. For a race without a home, Talos sought to allow the Skrulls living on Earth to co-exist with humans by contributing and gaining trust from the human race, so that the Skrulls hiding on Earth are granted hospitality and safety. However, this was seen as fantasy and simply a hopeless and delusional vision even by his daughter, as Fury noted that humans are already at constant conflict and there won't be room for another species; Talos' vision was also disagreed by the radical Skrull Resistance as they see this as Talos' failure to bring their species to a brighter future.
Powers
―Maria Rambeau and Talos •Skrull Physiology: Unlike the many species on Earth, Talos and his people are not carbon-based life and possess a wide variety of superhuman abilities. The most important attribute is the ability to shapeshift. •Superhuman Strength: Talos had considerable levels of superhuman strength and was able to overpower Nick Fury easily and toss him around. In Moscow, he was able to easily rip the chains off of a gate. Talos could stab a knife through Gravik’s palm clean when Gravik angered him by threatening to harm G’iah. By using his fists, Talos was able to repeated punch the walls of Ritson’s highly-secured car to rescue the president from Gravik during the attack on Ritson. •Longevity: According to Nick Fury, Talos was 136 years old, to which he replied that he is younger than 40 in human biological years, meaning Skrulls age until at least 300. •Shapeshifting: Like the rest of his species, Talos had the ability to shapeshift into sentient humanoid beings, perfectly matching their height, voice, unique physical characteristics, and even copying their clothing- by way of Skrull co-morphing apparel. However, he had to visually perceive the person who is going to be imitated, and Talos had admitted that this is more of a skill requiring practice, and perhaps some remarkable talent to use. Talos had used this ability most notably to copy Soh-Larr, R. Keller, Nick Fury, and a Kree guard. •Vocal Replication: Talos was able to accurately replicate the voice of whoever he was shapeshifting into as a means to further sell the impersonation. However, he was still able to use his normal voice while mimicking someone else. •Memory Replication: Talos was able to mimic the exact memories of anyone he replicated, allowing him to perfectly imitate the person. However, he could only replicate the person's short-term memory and most recent thoughts, making him unable to use information from years ago but recent memory like the last few days. This was how Nick Fury deduced that he was not R. Keller, as Talos referred to him by his first name "Nick," which Keller never did. •Radiation Immunity: According to Maria Hill, Skrulls are immune to radioactivity.
Abilities
•Expert Combatant: Talos was highly trained in unarmed combat, capable of fighting expert combatants such as Carol Danvers, Yon-Rogg, and Nick Fury. •Expert Marksman: Talos was an accomplished marksman, capable of using a blaster to takedown three Starforce guards with ease. He also precisely shot Ned Leeds in the neck with a tranquilizer dart. He shot the Bob Fairbanks Skrull precisely in the chest even at point-blank range. •Master Tactician: As the leader of the remaining Skrulls, he orchestrated an ambush against the Kree's most elite squad of warriors, leading to the capture of Vers. Even though she proved to be too strong for the Skrulls to keep in custody and easily escaped, Talos again made good use of the situation by infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D. and gathering information about her, turning her against the Kree and allying with her; a decision that later pays off greatly, as she single-handedly destroys a large armada of Kree warships and helps the Skrulls find a new home. •Multilingualism: Talos was fluent in Skrulls' native language, English and Russian.
Weapons
•Skrull Blaster: Talos carried this as a sidearm, standard to all military personnel of the Skrull race. •Skrull Electroshock Baton: During the Ambush in Torfa, after he uncovered his disguise as Soh-Larr to Vers, Talos used this baton to electrocute her, and take her into Skrull custody. •Kree Blaster: Talos carried this as a sidearm while under the disguise as a Kree foot soldier. •SIG Sauer P226: The SIG Sauer P226 was the standard pistol issued to S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel in the 1990s. Talos obtained one of these handguns when posing as R. Keller, and tried to use it against Nick Fury, as Fury realized he was a Skrull. However, both of them struggled for the weapon and Fury crashed the car, killing the skrull. Fury managed to easily disarm Talos, but the magazine was ejected in the struggle, so Fury resorted to throw the weapon and try to fight Talos, to no avail due to the skrull's strength. •Smith & Wesson M&P: Talos carried a Smith & Wesson M&P while disguised as Nick Fury, the same weapon that Fury would carry. As he and Soren arrived in Ixtenco, Mexico, posing as Fury and Maria Hill, he pulled out his sidearm when Mysterio appeared, but soon draw his aim and fired at Sandman, who emerged suddenly and attacked them. •Crosman 2240 CO2 Pistol: Talos carried this pistol, modified as a tranquilizer gun while disguised as Nick Fury, in order to fire a dart at Ned Leeds to recruit Peter Parker to help him deal with the elementals.
Other Equipment
•Skrull Suit: Talos wore a suit made of Skrull fabric, which was able to change shape with its wearer and was water-proof and bullet-proof. ―Talos to Nick Fury •Tony Stark's Glasses: Talos received this pair of glasses, which housed the E.D.I.T.H. AI, from Fury, who in turn had received them from Tony Stark in the event of his death. The Skrull kept these glasses with him until he gave them to Parker. •Infrared Glasses: Talos used a pair of infrared glasses to track the bags carrying the dirty bombs when Gravik planned to detonate these bombs at Vossoyedineniye Square, although the bags were later revealed to be decoys that are empty.
Vehicles
•Skrulls' Ship: Talos was the commander of a large ship in Earth's orbit, which served as their flagship. After he captured Vers, he brought her to this ship, as it housed a memory probe that he wanted to use to search her memories. •Space Pod: After Vers accidentally made a hole in one of the walls of Skrulls' Ship and thus initiated its destruction, he and a few other surviving Skrulls took the ship's escape pods to Earth. •Quadjet: Talos' science advisor modified the Quadjet that Vers and Nick Fury had stolen, making it capable of launching into Earth's orbit. Talos then took the Quadjet to Mar-Vell's Laboratory, along with Vers, Fury, Maria Rambeau and Goose. He rode it again when they escaped the laboratory and went back on Earth. •Mar-Vell's Laboratory: Mar-Vell had kept a number of Skrull refugees including Talos' family in her laboratory, but was unable to inform Talos of its whereabouts in Earth's orbit before she was assassinated. Talos, with help from Vers and Fury, eventually found it and reunited with his family. However, they were forced to escape it after the Starforce arrived at the laboratory. •Audi e-tron SUV: Disguised as Nick Fury, he rode this car to missions.
•S.H.I.E.L.D. Field Office: After impersonating R. Keller, Talos visited this office. While watching over the Skrull Spy's body, Nick Fury explained his encounter with the Skrulls to Talos, who ordered Fury to track down Vers and investigate the Skrull invasion.
•Rambeau Residence: After escaping from Mar-Vell's Laboratory and the Starforce, Talos and his family were briefly hosted by Maria Rambeau. Knowing that they were in need of a safe, permanent place to live, the Kree refugees were then taken to a new home by Carol Danvers.
•Mar-Vell's Laboratory: With the help of Danvers, Talos found out his family was hiding at Mar-Vell's lab. During the Battle at Mar-Vell's Laboratory, he posed as a guard to escort the rescued refugees out.
•Hotel DeMatteis: •Nick Fury's Hideout: •The Shard:
Family
•Soren † - Wife •G'iah - Daughter
Allies
•Norex † - Subordinate •Skrull Spy - Subordinate •Att-Lass Skrull † - Subordinate •Phil Coulson Skrull † - Subordinate •Mar-Vell † •Torfans •S.H.I.E.L.D. - Temporary Enemies •Phil Coulson † •Whitcher •Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel - Former Enemy and Friend •Maria Rambeau † - Former Enemy and Friend •Monica Rambeau •Goose •Varra •Nick Fury's Crew •Nick Fury - Former Enemy and Best Friend •Maria Hill † •Dimitri Smerdyakov •Seamstress •Happy Hogan •Peter Parker/Spider-Man •Ned Leeds •Shirley Sagar Skrull •Ritson •United States Secret Service •British Army •Special Air Service
Enemies
•Kree Empire •Supreme Intelligence † •Starforce •Yon-Rogg - Attempted Killer •Minn-Erva † - Attempted Killer •Korath † •Att-Lass •Bron-Char •Accusers •Ronan the Accuser † •Soh-Larr - Hostage •R. Keller - Situational Enemy •Elementals •Sandman •Cyclone •Hydro-Man •Molten Man •Elemental Fusion •Quentin Beck's Crew •Quentin Beck/Mysterio † - Temporary Ally and Attempted Killer •United States Department of Damage Control •Skrull Council - Former Allies •Pamela Lawton Skrull •Sergio Caspani Skrull •Chris Stearns Skrull † •Jack Hyuk-Bin Skrull •Skrull Resistance - Former Allies •Gravik † - Killer •Pagon † - Attempted Killer •Brogan † •Everett Ross Skrull † •Vasily Poprishchin Skrull † •Bob Fairbanks Skrull † - Victim •MI6 - Situational Enemies •Nigel •Zachary Fairbanks
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Um deles é Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), que desempenha um importante papel no enredo de Invasão Secreta. Saiba mais abaixo. Quem é Talos? Talos é um Skrull, raça alienígena do planeta Skrullos capaz de mudar sua forma e aparência, se passando por outras pessoas. O personagem já esteve anteriormente no Universo Cinematográfico Marvel (UCM).
Ben Mendelsohn: Talos, Keller. Showing all 28 items. Jump to: Photos (10) Quotes (18) Photos. Quotes. Maria Rambeau : You call me 'young lady' again, I'll shove my foot up somewhere it's not supposed to be. [awkward silence] Talos : Am I supposed to guess where that is? Nick Fury , Carol Danvers : Your ass!
In 2020, Mendelsohn starred in the lead role in the HBO crime miniseries The Outsider. In December 2020, it was announced he would be reprising his role as Talos, along with Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, in the Disney+ series Secret Invasion. Depictions in art. While filming Adoration, Mendelsohn posed for portrait artist Sally West.
Vale ressaltar que apesar de pouco conhecido hoje em dia, Talos foi um personagem skrull que remonta a saga original dos quadrinhos chamada de Guerra Kree-Skrull.
17 de jul. de 2023 · Mendelsohn’s character, Talos, seemingly sacrificed himself to help Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury complete one more mission. Des Willie/Marvel. So far Marvel’s TV series have taken different...
