🦸Who's starring in Ms Marvel?
The lead character, Kamala Khan, is played by newcomer Iman Vellani. The Walking Dead’s Matt Lintz plays Kamala’s best friend Bruno and Into the Badlands’ Aramis Knight plays Kareem, an exchange student staying with her family who has a secret life
The lead character, Kamala Khan, is played by newcomer Iman Vellani. The Walking Dead’s Matt Lintz plays Kamala’s best friend Bruno and Into the Badlands’ Aramis Knight plays Kareem, an exchange student staying with her family who has a secret life
Mohan Kapur and Zenobia Shroff play Kamala’s parents, and Saagar Shaikh is Amir, her brother. Other cast members include Instagram star Jordan Firstman as her school guidance counsellor, and actors like Rish Shah, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman and Travina Springer
🦸Will we see other MCU characters in Ms Marvel?
None have been announced yet. But, there’s a good chance Captain Marvel might show up. Kamala is a superfan of Carol Danvers – she wears a Captain Marvel/Beyoncé T-shirt in the trailer – and in the comics has visions of her
None have been announced yet. But, there’s a good chance Captain Marvel might show up. Kamala is a superfan of Carol Danvers – she wears a Captain Marvel/Beyoncé T-shirt in the trailer – and in the comics has visions of her
🦸Is Ms Marvel based on a comic?
Yes, and a successful one. Ms Marvel is a character that’s been around for years – Carol Danvers once carried the ‘Ms’ label – but it’s only with the 2014 relaunch of the comic that the character really took off (not literally; she can't fly)
Yes, and a successful one. Ms Marvel is a character that’s been around for years – Carol Danvers once carried the ‘Ms’ label – but it’s only with the 2014 relaunch of the comic that the character really took off (not literally; she can't fly)
🦸What can Ms Marvel do?
Her powers in the trailer look different from the comics. On paper, she can change the size of her body, allowing her to grow a huge cartoon-style fist to super-punch bad guys or extend her legs to take giant leaps and clear tall buildings in one bound
Her powers in the trailer look different from the comics. On paper, she can change the size of her body, allowing her to grow a huge cartoon-style fist to super-punch bad guys or extend her legs to take giant leaps and clear tall buildings in one bound
She also has super-healing (think Wolverine) and shapeshifting powers (think Mystique). But her abilities look more energy-based onscreen, and while the trailer shows hints of embiggening powers, her skill set may have changed, so even keen fans will have to watch and find out
🦸What do we need to know about Kamala Khan?
When we meet her she's writing fan-fiction about her heroes. Her first forays into superheroics, on the page, saw her literally transform into a Captain Marvel lookalike, before she realised that she could be both herself and a hero
When we meet her she's writing fan-fiction about her heroes. Her first forays into superheroics, on the page, saw her literally transform into a Captain Marvel lookalike, before she realised that she could be both herself and a hero
Her main challenge is juggling her family's expectations with her nocturnal adventuring, and figuring out a way to balance everyday life in her native Jersey City and helping save the world. Like Peter Parker, having superpowers doesn't always make her life a walk in the park
🦸How does her role as Marvel’s first Muslim lead affect her?
In the comics, when she first gets her powers she models her transformation on the skimpy outfits of previous Ms Marvels - which makes her feel uncomfortable. She gains control by basing her new look on a burkini
In the comics, when she first gets her powers she models her transformation on the skimpy outfits of previous Ms Marvels - which makes her feel uncomfortable. She gains control by basing her new look on a burkini
Kamala’s faith is not portrayed as a burden, but an important part of her life. Equally, her relationship with her parents and their wariness of permissive Western teen life gives her a lot of dramatic meat to play with – which balance out her very funny school shenanigans
🦸Who created the TV show of Ms Marvel?
The showrunner is Bisha K Ali, a British stand-up comic and writer, who is of Pakistani origin. She wrote for Sex Education and the 2019 show Four Weddings and a Funeral. She then worked on Marvel’s Loki before getting to helm this show
The showrunner is Bisha K Ali, a British stand-up comic and writer, who is of Pakistani origin. She wrote for Sex Education and the 2019 show Four Weddings and a Funeral. She then worked on Marvel’s Loki before getting to helm this show
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