Marvel has recast a character in the Disney Plus seriesAgatha All Along,surprising many MCU fans but there’s a good reason why this has happened.
The latestMarvelseriesAgatha All Along, a sequel to 2021’sWandaVision,premiered onDisneyPlus in September this year and it’s proving to be a hit withMCUfans. At the time of writing,Agatha All Alonghas scored 83% from critics and 81% from the audience on theaggregate websiteRotten Tomatoes.
Check out theAgatha All Alongtrailer below!
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Before we proceed, we are about to venture into spoilers for this series but I will try to be as vague as I possibly can. However, consider this to be yourspoiler warning.
Other than Agatha, the other main character is one named “Teen” who has a sigil imposed that prevents him from saying his real name. Before the most recent episode, many suspected that he was one of Wanda Maximoff’s twin sons, Tom or Billy.
Well, it’s since been revealed that Teen is Billy Kaplan, yet some fans are puzzled as the actor who plays him inAgatha All Along, Joe Locke, is nearly 10 years older than the boy who played the version of the character seen inWandaVision, Julian Hilliard.
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Still, fans were wondering why the character was recast and Redditor Drearyghost1361explainedwhen responding to a fellow member on the thread.
“In the comics, the twins are retroactively reincarnated," they began.
“Their souls went back in time and inhabited the bodies that would become Billy Kaplan (Wiccan) and Tommy Shepherd (Speed), who are physically identical except for their hair colour despite being born to different parents before Wanda even made the wish,” they continued. “They also have no memory of their previous lives, at least initially.”
“We have no idea if this is how it will work inAgatha All Along, of course, and if you’re wondering where Tommy is, there are rumours he’ll be inVisionQuest, which is the third in this pseudo-anthology series, but I think that’s all we know.”
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So, there you have it, the most likely explanation for the recast and the nearly 10-year age gap is that Billy is a reincarnation.
The sixth episode ofAgatha All Alongairs this Wednesday on Disney Plus with the series concluding with a double-bill on 30 October 2024.
Topics:TV And Film,Disney,Marvel,MCU
