Deadpool & Wolverine is one of the very few comic book R-rated movies that has been more than just a success. It has proven that audiences of superhero movies can be restricted, but still be as popular as long you remain faithful to the characters and the story.

The movie made new strides andhas used the multiverse to finally add Deadpool (or Deadpools)and the old Fox X-Men movies into the MCU, by using the TVA and the ending of the Loki TV series to tie these films into one big multiverse. With old characters and amazing cameos having their time to shine in the spotlight, we’re also introduced to a new character, Cassandra Nova, the main villain of the movie.

Who Is Cassandra Nova In Deadpool & Wolverine?

In the Deadpool & Wolverine movie,Cassandra Nova is a complex characterand is revealed as the incredibly powerfultwin sibling of Charles Xavier.

She harbors a bit of resentment towards her brotherfor never coming to search for herafter the TVA sent her to the void.

Even still, it’s a place she calls home andwhere she has multiple mutants from the old X-Men moviesworking for her and doing her bidding.

The Void is a paradise. I can wield my power here without shame. Unfortunately, I didn’t have Charles Xavier to teach me tenderness.

She has ties with the TVAand Alioth, seemingly working with them to achieve her goals. In return,she promises never to leave the voiduntil the events of the Deadpool and Wolverine movie.

The movie isincredibly faithful to her character designand motivations and her origin is reminiscent of her comic book origins as well, whereshe tried to kill Charleswhile they were both in the womb. This eventtriggered the TVA to interveneand send her to the void.

Her powers arealso incredibly overpowered. Shehas both Telekineses, Telepathy, and a healing factorshe can trigger with her mindthat makes her effectively immortal. She has thebest powers of other Omega-level mutants, packaged into one.

We see them on full display whenshe kills the Human Torchwith a flick of her hand and alsoaccesses both Wolverine’s and Deadpool’s memoriesby putting her hand through their heads.

After a final fight with her at the TVA headquarters in Deadpool’s universe,she is supposedly ashes and has once and for all been destroyed. But it’s possible that there’s more to Cassandra in future movies,since technically she doesn’t need her body to stay alive.

Cassandra Nova Origins In The Comics

Marvel Comics have adarker origin story for Cassandra. She is not a mutant, but a mummudrai,a parasitic being from the astral plane, and the dark twin of Charles Xavier.

Conceived without a physical body, she existed alongside him in the womb as his twin sister. In a fetal battle, Charles unknowinglystruck her with a psychic blastafter she tried to strangle himand effectively killed her.

Butshe was only left bodilessand, overtime, she learned tomanipulate matter, eventually constructing a physical formfor herself by stealing Charles’s DNA.

Her goal is to destroy everything that her brother cared about, believing them all tobe illusions that are figments of his imagination.

To this end, she even tries todestroy the mutant raceand kills many innocents in the process. Cassandra even tried to destroy all the timelines in the Deadpool & Wolverine movie,showing that she believes those same thingsto some extent in the MCU as well.