Widowmaker is a Disney+ original miniseries based off of the comics and character(s) of the same name and the eighteenth entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - MAX Phase 4.
Synopsis[]
When Dominic Fortune is assassinated by apparent Black Widows on Yelena Belova's watch, she teams up with Kate Bishop and Bobbi Morse to hunt down the party attempting to reimplement the Red Room. But what turns into a straight-forward mission to neutralize former Soviet brains involved in its original iteration turns into something far more sinister. Super-soldier Damon Dran, along with former USSR superhero Valentin Shatalov, aka the Crimson Dynamo, are manipulating this group to their own ends. And how does the washed-up Alexei Shostakov, the Red Guardian, fit it into all this?
Cast and Characters[]
Main Cast[]
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova / Black Widow
A former Black Widow and Natasha Romanoff's younger sister who was once one of Dreykov's most prized assassins. She has since taken her sister's mantle as an Avenger, but now must embark on her most personal mission yet. - Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop / Hawkeye
The inheritor of the Hawkeye mantle and maybe, probably the "world's greatest archer." Despite coming to blows with Yelena several times, the two are more friends than enemies, and now Kate must aid her in what is the single most important mission of her life. - Adrianne Palicki as Bobbi Morse / Mockingbird
A top-tier S.H.I.E.L.D. operative who was working with Clay Quartermain's team in investigating their own scuffle with Widows. When the conspiracy takes a turn for the worse, she joins Yelena and Kate in tracking down the true mastermind. - Leo Suter as Damon Dran
A devious and powerful foe, dubbed the world's first "technological super-soldier", possessing super-strength, durability, and rapid healing as a result of nanomachines. While he works for the same mastermind orchestrating the new version of the Red Room, he has designs and plans of his own. - David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
The USSR's first successful super-soldier and father figure to Yelena Belova, until he was betrayed by Dreykov. A bit washed-up and living in seclusion, he finds himself drawn into the fray once more when his (self-styled) bitter rival the Crimson Dynamo reappears working with Damon Dran. - Eli Roth as Valentin Shatalov / Crimson Dynamo
Another Soviet superhero, but despises the Red Guardian and sees him as a bitter rival, something Alexei is almost obvious to. Now sporting an advanced suit of armor powered by a Stark-Vanko arc reactor, Valentin is a much more formidable enemy. For mysterious reasons, he works with Damon Dran.
Recurring Cast[]
- Delroy Lindo as Dominic Fortune
A underworld fixer and contractor who had information on the Red Room to deliver to S.H.I.E.L.D. before his untimely death made things far more complicated. - Nick Blood as Lance Hunter
Bobbi's ex-husband. Despite being out of his depth, he still aids the woman he loves and hates in any way he can. - Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne / Swordsman
A rich playboy and something of a twit who is regardless a good friend to Kate Bishop. Despite being a few cans short of a six-pack, he is a formidable fencer when he wants to be, and finally dons his own costume as the (wannabe) superhero Swordsman. - Neil Patrick Harris as Clay Quartermain
The quirky leader of a S.W.O.R.D. and S.H.I.E.L.D. joint response team who's had his fair share of misadventures against the Black Widows. - Rade Šerbedžija as Leonid Vishnevetsky
A USSR tactician who has rebuilt the Red Room, on behalf of the Dark Ocean Society, but with far greater aspirations. - Jennifer Holland as Petra Constantin
A former Black Widow who now works for Leonid as his right-hand and controls many of the operations of the new Red Room. But is that all there is to her...? - Wilson Bethel as Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter / Ronin
A psychotic villain who once went by the name Bullseye, he has now donned his own version of the Ronin suit and acts as an agent of the Dark Ocean Society. - Maude Apatow as Ava Orlova / Red Widow
Leonid's deadliest Widow and commander of his force, dubbed the "Red Widow." - Keon Alexander as Gerrard Balaban
A member of Quartermain's response team. - Ray Winstone as General Dreykov
A Soviet general who took over the Red Room Program in the early 1980's, and kept it running for his own ends until he was killed by Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova in 2016.