VisionQuest, the trippy new Marvel series on Disney+, completes the trilogy that started with WandaVision in 2021 and continued with Agatha All Along in 2024. This time, it’s all about the pater familias of this weird supernatural family: Vision. What’s a robot who lost the family he technically never had to begin with, to do?
Before you jump into the story, meet the cast and characters of VisionQuest. In the show, we quickly learn that Vision has created a mind palace where he hangs out with the avatars of Tony Stark’s other artificial intelligence programs. You’ve heard all of their names before in other Marvel movies (and one Marvel show) but have not seen them like this.
Below, I’ll jog your memory so you don’t have to hit pause or feel the need to do any pre-VisionQuest “homework” or anything. One recurring actress on VisionQuest, who’s very random in a fun way, is Diane Morgan as “the Handler.” That’s Philomena Cunk in the MCU, y’all! But a couple of the other minor characters are spoilers, so we won’t get too deep into them here.
Vision in this series is an android built by S.W.O.R.D. with all of his former Avenger prototype’s memories but none of his feelings. If you remember the end of WandaVision, he’s also known as “White Vision.” Previous MCU Appearances: As a few versions of the superhero android in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and WandaVision. Outside of the many characters he’s played in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paul Bettany is known for films and television shows such as Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, A Knight’s Tale, The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind, Wimbledon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, the miniseries Amadeus, Manhunt, and A Very British Scandal.
Ultron is an evil AI, created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, who tried to take over the world and end humanity. Previous MCU Appearances: As the Pinocchio-reference-loving robot in Avengers: Age of Ultron. James Spader became a television mainstay with shows like The Blacklist, Boston Legal, The Practice, and even The Office.
But he’s also a member of the Brat Pack and known for movies like Pretty in Pink, Baby Boom, True Colors, Sex Lies & Videotape, Crash, Secretary, and so much more. Ruaridh Mollica plays Tommy Maximoff / Thomas Shepherd Tommy Maximoff a.k.a. Speed is one of two children that Wanda created in the hex.
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