‘Ignore the Wig!!’ Brie Larson Sparks Avengers: Doomsday Speculation After Hiding Hair in Voting Booth Photo

Marvel star Brie Larson cast her vote in yesterday’s elections while covering her hair and telling fans they should absolutely, definitely “ignore the wig!!” she was wearing. Which, of course, has led the internet to do exactly the opposite.

The Captain Marvel actress posted an Instagram story last night letting her followers know she had voted — while dressed in a large hooded sweatshirt pulled up to hide her clothes and as much of her blonde wig as possible.

It is, frankly, a remarkably suspicious caption for an actress who regularly sports similar hair — and something that has only drawn attention to the fact Larson is clearly hiding whatever character she is currently playing.

Naturally, this has only fuelled the flames of fan speculation that Larson is indeed secretly filming scenes for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday — which, it’s important to remember, she was conspicuously left out of the main cast reveal for.

Fans certainly expect Larson’s character to turn up within the movie at some point — not least because it would be weird to leave out such an important MCU figure. But there’s a more important connective tissue here, too, as Avengers: Doomsday will feature many faces from Fox’s X-Men cast, while Captain Marvel’s best friend Monica Rambeau was last seen getting stuck in the X-Men universe.

While principal photography for Avengers: Doomsday has wrapped in the UK, fans expect additional scenes to continue to be filmed over the coming months in secret, as Marvel attempts to squeeze as many heroes into its next blockbuster as possible.

Alternatively, of course, Larson could simply be playing another character with hair that looks very, very similar to her Marvel character — but try telling the internet that.

“Ignore the wig is hilarious promo cause I don’t think people would’ve noticed,” wrote Marvel fan remerdy1 on reddit. “Yep, exactly, it’s like she wanted us to notice,” another fan, KostisPat257, agreed.

That said, not every Marvel actor seems likely to appear. Earlier this week, X-Men veteran Famke Janssen insisted that Marvel hadn’t asked her to play the superhero again since the end of Fox’s X-Men movies. Other Fox X-Men veterans set for Doomsday include Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, and Rebecca Romijn. Avengers: Doomsday is currently set to arrive in theaters May 1, 2026.

Image credit: Brie Larson.

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