According to Comicbook.com, not only has the identity of Ben Mendelsohn's villainous character been revealed for 'Captain Marvel', his mission in the film has been dropped as well. Mendelsohn will play a Skrull leader known as Talos, who leads the shape-shifting alien race in an invasion of Earth. In the comics, the character is known as Talos the Untamed, due to his ruthless nature as a warrior. Unlike the rest of his race, Talos can't shape-shift.