Iman Vellani Reveals How Much She Has in Common With Ms. Marvel
There may not be a more perfect pairing of actress and character than Iman Vallani and Mr. Marvel.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Kamala Khan is a Captain Marvel superfan who finds herself teaming up with her idol after their powers become intertwined.
Art Imitates Life
In a truly amazing example of art imitating life, Vellani is a Marvel superfan, who even has a poster of Brie Larson in her childhood bedroom.
“It’s so weird. Every time I go back home, I still have a poster of Brie on my wall, but I also have her phone number. So it’s a weird thing to kind of accept, but no, we’re like actual friends, which is crazy,” she gushes.
“And, I couldn’t have imagined this like three years ago that I’d just be texting her like I do any of my other friends. I saw her in New York actually, and we were just hanging out the entire time I was like, not fangirling over her. And I was like, this is crazy. This is character development.”
Humanizing Her Heros
Just like Ms. Marvel, who eventually learns not to put her heroes on a pedestal, Vellani has realized that her heroes are real people and not just posters on a wall.
“I’m at the point where Kamala reaches at the end of the film where she like humanizes her idol and mentors and kind of realizes that yeah, they have issues too. And I cannot impose my idea of heroism onto her because she’s her own person and she’s the way that she is for a lot of reasons. And her past has shaped who she is,” she explains.
“And so I think Kamala has kind of observed Carol as a being in general from the beginning of the film and given her the space to allow her to be her own person. So I’ve kind of done the same in real life. Like, from my first day working with Sam Jackson to my last, my first day working with Kevin Feige to my last. So it’s been nice to kind of realize that these people put on pants one leg at a time. They eat food just like we do.”
Though The Marvels bombed at the box office, Vellani’s performance was universally praised.
As the MCU enters its next era, Iman Vellani is exactly what the franchise needs. Hopefully, we have not seen the last of Ms. Marvel.
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