Brie Larson says Iman Vellani plays herself in the MCU: “It's not just that she knows Ms. Marvel; it's that she knows everything, and so, she really is that character."
Really need to see more of Iman! I get why she's not on socials publicly but if there's one MCU actor I'd love to see on Bluesky or Instagram just rambling about comics, it'd be her. Just see a long thread of posts about her headcannon about all the tweaks and changes done to the Captain Marvel pager Fury has. "See, I think Fury has tried using it in the past but she ignored it because she was busy and just ghosted him. Each time she didn't respond, he had the lab boys try and enhance the signal. That little bit? That's left over chitauri parts after she didn't respond after New York. She only answered in Infinity War because the snap started from earth and went to figure out what Fury fucked up".
MyNameCannotBeSpoken2025-10-27 23:53
I hear she is a reddit lurker
Radiant-Hope-4692025-10-28 00:22
Imagine if she's reading this right now.
joaommx2025-10-28 00:30
She is.
ELONgatedMUSKox2025-10-28 00:56
> She is.
Would Kevin Feige have *himself* as a flair? Or is this an Iman burner account?!
TheObstruction2025-10-28 02:06
And worst of all, she could be any one of us. She could be in this very thread! She could be you! She could be me!
Tipop2025-10-28 05:50
I can guarantee she’s not me.
MyNameCannotBeSpoken2025-10-28 10:22
She would say that
PirateBeany2025-10-28 18:27
This is the Secret Invasion plot they should have gone with.
rexepic75672025-10-28 04:19
(Meet the spy intensifies)
screamingkumquats2025-10-28 00:25
She also has a Letterboxd
Sasiarapun2025-10-28 11:06
If Iman was here, I'd reckon this is exactly how she'd share her headcanons with us! Thanks, Iman!
Amon77772025-10-27 22:40
I mean Iman is one of the best parts of the recent Marvel phase. She is Kamala Khan. I wish they’d do more with her.
mshelbz2025-10-27 22:50
Agreed. You can literally see the joy on her face, it’s not acting. She is genuinely excited to be there as a fan.
I can’t wait to see more of her.
Tenprovincesaway2025-10-28 00:37
The dancing when they are on the singing planet just sent me! So much joyful fun.
ClemClamcumber2025-10-28 00:46
The Marvels was so damn fun and I can't remember the last time the MCU did that to me. 2014 with GoTG, maybe? It was so refreshing to not be thinking of every future thread for 2 hours and just kind of got to sit back and enjoy.
neogreenlantern2025-10-28 03:49
I love that part of the movie but the needed to take it one more step further and gave those people epic wardrum solos when they went into battle.
GoAgainKid2025-10-28 01:50
I interviewed her for an article a few years back. She’s more grown up than her character but definitely happy-go-lucky like Kamala Khan. Oddly her laptop died so she FaceTimed me instead, while lying on her sofa or bed, I couldn’t tell. It was a really odd experience.
mshelbz2025-10-28 01:57
That honestly tracks with her personality from interviews.
Suspicious-Word-75892025-10-28 05:00
If I was cast in a major role for a Marvel, DC or Star Wars show, it would be very obvious I'm having the time of my life there, even if I'm playing an absolute scumbag of a villain.
lesterbottomley2025-10-29 15:50
It's her enthusiasm that makes the character. And that enthusiasm is 100% real.
Statically2025-10-27 23:28
I think she’s better than anything she’s been in so far, and I’m really hoping for her to have a great part in something special
Smkingbowls2025-10-28 00:03
She got to co write an actual ms marvel comic. She is literally an official Marvel Comics writer. Good for her
decibles2025-10-28 00:54
Not just a single issue but quite a few- she’s incredibly talented and we should treasure the joy she brings to whatever she touches.
Can’t wait to see her next appearance
mysightisurs932025-10-28 02:33
too bad her appearance is too far apart to maintain a young Kamala Khan. Hoping they can use her character more in the future (since his dad/uncle I can't recall, was in DD:BA).
oorza2025-10-28 07:41
Kamala aging and dealing with some serious shit like Marvel heroes do while also maintaining her bubbly optimism despite it all would actually be super refreshing in the genre. We don't ever get to see a thorough rejection of cynicism any more and that's kind of her core personality trait, so if they lean into it, she could become something really special and inspirational. And to everyone really, who can't empathize with wanting to turn dour because of life? Who can't be inspired by an optimistic refusal to lose yourself to your experiences?
bangarang902102025-10-28 00:08
My theory is they’re setting her up to be one of the faces. That’s why her and Shang Chi were main faces in the Zombies show.
Banesmuffledvoice2025-10-28 00:14
Making a character the audience has shown very little interest in as the face of the franchise sounds like a Disney thing.
bangarang902102025-10-28 00:45
I’m excited for it personally. I think she will do great
cookiemagnate2025-10-28 01:09
For all my criticisms of everything post-Endgame - which is a lot - Kamala Khan is not one of them. If Marvel does shine a brighter spotlight on her, then it will be an example of recognizing what works despite some minor, vocal disinterest. And this is coming from someone who has really only seen her in The Marvels - and I thought The Marvels was pretty dogshit. But she wasn't the problem, she was one of the few highlights.
Ms. Marvel, Shang Chi, and Daredevil (officially) are the strongest new introductions that I've seen and they all are worthy of more focus moving forward.
(I haven't seen Fantastic Four or Thunderbolts yet, so that's why they aren't potentially included in that list. And I think Sam/Mackie has potential, but Cap 4 sucked ass. Again, not the character/actors fault, but it's hard to rebound from that. With Kamala Khan, she was - at least - not the sole main character in her film debut.)
Banesmuffledvoice2025-10-28 01:10
It doesn’t honestly matter what your criticisms are and what you find to be a bright spot. The audience has shown they’re not interested in that character multiple times now.
TheObstruction2025-10-28 02:02
By your logic, they've also shown they're not interested in Yelena, Bucky, or the Fantastic Four, too. Guess they should just abandon those, too. Might as well just close down the whole studio.
Banesmuffledvoice2025-10-28 02:05
I would agree they should abandon those too.
cookiemagnate2025-10-28 02:08
>The audience has shown they’re not interested in that character multiple times now.
Sort of? Overall, Marvel's streaming side hasn't done gangbusters at all. Ms. Marvel's streaming audience was fairly in line with the rest of the studio's shows on top of gearing towards the younger side (mainly the reason why I haven't watched it). Then there's The Marvels, which had a ton of baggage that had nothing to do with her character. And then, most recently, there's Marvel Zombies which is a niche animated horror series.
The fact is that for the folks that did watch any one of these projects, Kamala Khan has been a highlight. And it's important for Marvel to recognize what is working and what isn't during this pretty unsatisfying/divisive cinematic period.
oorza2025-10-28 07:44
> Marvel's streaming side hasn't done gangbusters at all.
It doesn't have to. Disney's business fundamentals are really weird. They make almost all of their profit margin from the parks and merchandise, more than two-thirds of it. Everything they do - their movies, their shows, Marvel, Star Wars, all of it - exists to funnel people into their parks, cruises, and stores. It's a pretty accurate characterization to say that all of non-ESPN Disney is marketing for their parks and cruises. Marvel's movies made a shitload of money, but look deeper at how aggressively and quickly Disney turned Marvel into a merchandise, theme park, and cruise IP.
A show that maintains consistent ratings with more adult shows while skewing young is a big success to a studio that is focused on generational time scales like Disney is. Marvel just needs to keep young people interested so they buy real world shit, so as long as the shows break even and skews young while retaining audience, Disney isn't going to see it as a failed project. The panic around Marvel was less the ratings going down and more them losing the zeitgeist of the young people as their original audience ages. They _need_ little boys to want to go meet Iron Man and Captain America at Disneyland; they _need_ little girls to beg their parents to let them meet Black Widow on a cruise; they _need_ those people to grow up into Disney adults who raise a new generation of fans. That starts faltering and the whole venture starts to crumble.
cookiemagnate2025-10-28 13:33
>It doesn't have to. Disney's business fundamentals are really weird.
I don't disagree with you. But the person I was replying to was talking about raw audience appeal, specifically related to Ms. Marvel.
oorza2025-10-28 19:40
I was agreeing with you / expanding on what you were saying.
Ms. Marvel did not have great ratings. It had some of Marvel's best inroads with Gen Z/Alpha since Endgame. That is what Disney cares about, and the audience that Disney needs to keep.
Reutermo2025-10-28 01:56
Basically everyone agrees that despite both the Ms Marvel show and Captain Marvel 2 had issues, she and her performance were great. So I disagree that people have shown little interest.
Banesmuffledvoice2025-10-28 01:57
The few people that watched it like her. Totally build your franchise around that. 🤣
TheObstruction2025-10-28 01:59
Cry about it.
Banesmuffledvoice2025-10-28 02:01
Nah dawg, I don’t need to. Disney and marvel are the ones scrambling trying to salvage the wreckage they’ve turned their cash cow into.
GoldTurdz4202025-10-28 00:08
Shes one of the main writers for the new Ms Marvel: The New Mutant and its honestly phenomenal.
TheObstruction2025-10-28 01:59
If there's anyone out there living the dream, it's her.
Gasparde2025-10-28 08:45
> I wish they’d do more with her
Unlike with Shang Chi or Kate Bishop, where they seemingly didn't anticipate anyone liking these characters enough and thus seemingly didn't have any plans for these characters to show up within the next 5 years after their own projects respectively... I can at least give them props for seemingly having had a plan in place for Kamala - own show, immediately followed up with basically own movie and a setup teaser showing her being part of something even bigger, great - unfortunately their entire non-existent plan seems to have blown up with the whole Kang and Majors situation, so now we're left with yet another "seems like we're not gonna be getting anything from this character that's supposed to be like 15 for yet another 5 years, can't wait to see them back on screen again when the actor is 30".
TheDanteEX2025-10-29 06:01
They really should've just made the Ms. Marvel series focus on being a street level superhero but with more of a comic tone. We still haven't had that. Spider-Man can never be that since he'll only ever have big films, Daredevil is grittier in tone, and She-Hulk isn't trying to fight crime or be a superhero. Think of all the one-time Marvel villains that could use that we'll never get to see. Most characters from other films and series can easily crossover for an episode and still fit with Ms. Marvel's tone. I feel like there's a big light hearted villain-of-the-day series missing from the MCU, and this could still be it.
patron112233442025-10-27 22:48
She does seem like she’s enjoying the hell out of it. Good for her.
K1o2n32025-10-27 22:49
Iman Vellani was the best part of Ms. Marvel, The Marvels and Zompies imo.
HawkeyeP12025-10-27 22:54
It was a really good decision casting a Marvel fan as Ms Marvel. Now I wish they would do more with her before she ages out of the role (at least the age we're used to from how old she is in the source material I guess)
bangarang902102025-10-28 00:08
I agree.
Also, Kevin, if you’re reading this I would LOVE to be in a show/movie.
Marco_Tanooky2025-10-28 03:02
Dear Kevin
I'm a horrible actor and the ugliest an overweight black teenager guy can get, so please let me play Squirrel Girk in Iron Man 4
bangarang902102025-10-28 03:03
If you want to play Squirrel Girl, you got my vote!
The_Real_Remy_Lebeau2025-10-28 17:58
I too vote for this guy to play Squirrel Girl
JuanRiveara2025-10-28 09:17
Found Iman’s Reddit account
bangarang902102025-10-28 17:01
It’s true. I’m me.
ContinuumGuy2025-10-28 23:41
IIRC, it came out that she does indeed Reddit.
CaptHayfever2025-10-29 19:57
"It came out" like some kind of secret, when she told us herself in an AMA.
Evil_Weevill2025-10-29 20:14
Me too, but I'm not interested in the marvel hero diet/regimen. So any openings for a nerdy out of shape side kick? I'm all over it
KwisatzHaderach942025-10-28 16:35
i wish her luck getting other acting jobs so she doesn't experience typecasting. so far her imdb is all pretty much the mcu.
Muroid2025-10-28 22:01
I feel like the post-Endgame MCU has been a long string of great casting that they’ve then done little or nothing with.
chesterforbes2025-10-27 22:58
She’s definitely been the brightest spot in a sketchy saga. I hope they start using her as much as they did Tony, Steve and Thor in the previous saga
TheObstruction2025-10-28 02:47
One of the biggest issues with the post-Endgame era is that there's been no core characters.
AsterArtworks2025-10-27 23:07
That’s why Marvel Zombies felt so personal, Iman is an MCU fan just like us so it’s easy to feel her feelings and she does such an amazing job at it
Nonadventures2025-10-27 23:21
Iman being the centerpiece of it was the one thing that elevated Zombies above sub par
AsterArtworks2025-10-27 23:28
I liked it, it wasn’t a big bar to clear.
rdiston2025-10-27 23:20
The comments on this post are so lovely! Credit where credit's due Iman does a great job. She's said before in interviews that she stalks the reddit forums. I hope she sees these posts and it brightens her day 😊
Smash_McManly2025-10-27 23:25
Really was one of the brightest spots of recent marvel years. Hope the young avengers happens. Or west coast or whichever incarnation they come up with.
curious_dead2025-10-27 23:27
I really hope the concept art leaked showing Ms Marvel, Billy, Kate Beeshop and a few others will happen in Secret War.
maxfridsvault2025-10-27 23:41
Iman is actually a Marvel comic and mcu fan. and not in the way that the majority of the other stars “are fans” (read a few key comics to get used to their roles).
She’s clearly a kid who grew up reading about and watching those characters. The deep cuts she makes and her passion for the brand (even when it goes against what the mcu is doing) are pretty evident of that.
maxfridsvault2025-10-27 23:43
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broadwayzrose2025-10-28 01:09
My husband and I weren’t the biggest fans of the Marvels, but he said after “I went into this expecting that I wouldn’t really like her character, but she was truly the best and most enjoyable part of this movie” and she really was so much fun to watch because her passion for the characters made it such a genuine performance.
Ivan_Redditor2025-10-27 23:43
She ain’t wrong. Iman as Kamala is probably one of the best MCU castings ever.
EmperorLetoII2025-10-27 23:50
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Xianified2025-10-28 00:01
Not sure why you're hating so much. Secret Invasion is quite clearly the biggest flop for Disney shows, and The Marvels lacklustre performance had very little to do with Ms Marvel or Iman.
krazygreekguy2025-10-28 00:34
To be fair, her first theatrical appearance was in a captain marvel sequel that nobody wanted lmao. That’s not her fault. Incompetent management. While I haven’t watched the show, I have heard it was decent. It sucks it came out during the mcu’s weakest point though.
They just need to hire better directors/writers to try and insert her organically to the overall story so that it doesn’t feel forced like several other of these “mantle” characters feel like. It unfortunately may be too late though. disney has burned a lot of bridges and has destroyed the trust and reputation they have had for so many years.
RantRanger2025-10-28 02:45
> People don't want Icarly with superpowers.
You don't speak for everyone. Different people want different things.
Just a glance through this thread alone shows that lots of people love her and her character.
The diversity makes Marvel shows stronger and broadens the spectrum of their appeal.
EmperorLetoII2025-10-28 12:26
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EmperorLetoII2025-10-28 13:15
Tldr: Cope more time will tell
CaptHayfever2025-10-28 16:57
"Time will tell" whether people who already like something like it? Obvious troll is obvious.
EmperorLetoII2025-10-28 17:03
Time will prove my prediction correct. I'm sorry if you had trouble understanding my comment my first language is French.
CaptHayfever2025-10-28 17:15
But you knew English well enough to shove the spiteful "cope more" onto the beginning of your comment.
RantRanger2025-10-28 20:36
You need to learn to realize *and accept* that different people have different interests from you.
And that's OK.
Your derisional notion that anyone who disagrees with your personal taste in a subjective judgement is "*nothing but a bunch of fools jerking each other in an echo chamber*" is pretty close to deranged self absorption.
EmperorLetoII2025-10-28 21:09
Did you comment this again? Get over it bud I'm just not that into you.
Subject-Ad50712025-10-27 23:55
The only issue for me is, I’m not a fan of actors playing themself. It’s uncreative. A personal issue for myself.
serial_crusher2025-10-27 23:56
I’m noticing an uptick in stories about miss marvel and captain marvel lately. Is there a new show coming out that’s going to feature one or both of them?
Federal-Captain11182025-10-28 00:02
Doomsday probably
CaptHayfever2025-10-28 16:56
Ms. Marvel was the central character in Zombies just last month.
TheeDeputy2025-10-27 23:59
Iman Vellani is the best out of the marvels trio by far.
SpectreBrony2025-10-28 00:01
I agree!
StanyeEast2025-10-28 00:05
She crushes...I also just rewatched Hawkeye and that series was the shit...Kate Bishop and Yelena are also perfectly cast and both hilarious
vivianvisionsburner2025-10-28 00:11
Can't wait for more of her! Her acting and voice acting is a lil tewwwww good for being an amateur. I love her
accountforadvice992025-10-28 00:14
There's something thrilling about her enjoyment of playing the role and being immersed in it, i really liked that and i gave her series a watch because of it.
moxfactor2025-10-28 00:20
Most of us already knows, but does Marvel know?
krazygreekguy2025-10-28 00:28
Despite my heavy criticism of the mcu post-endgame, I will say Imani is probably the best actor/part/whatever you wanna call it of the current mcu.
She seems like a real genuine fan first and foremost, and when the marvels failed spectacularly, she pointed towards Bob Iger. Mad respect for not blaming the audience for the corporation’s failures 👏🏻👏🏻. She seems to have a good head on her shoulders and I hope we continue to see more of her. I truly wish her all the success.
disney - Just please stop unnecessarily making retcons to her and to the source material overall. If you have any semblance of truly wishing to bring back the fans, just give us what we want ffs. It’s not rocket science.
Aglet_Green2025-10-28 00:38
Brie speaks the truth: Iman Vellani was the perfect choice to play Ms. Marvel. Iman is in the Guiness Book of Records for having seen "Iron Man" 50 times more than anyone else.
It's been unofficially stated that the MCU was universe "19999" while main comic continuity is 616. Recent films have said that the movie universe is 616 and not 19999.
Vellani holds the position of older fans of that original designation structure. Something further support by [this scene in the last Spider-verse film](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z2U-RiEh_aY) that references "No Way Home".
esar242025-10-28 01:08
I never forgets the day I saw Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel interacting on the big screen, been waiting fot this for a long time and I think both Iman and Brie delivered that perfectly.
spidedd2025-10-28 03:28
It's a crime ms marvel isn't in more. Best part of The Marvels and her show was a lot of fun
Sir__Will2025-10-28 04:08
She's wonderful. There may have been some plot issues with Ms Marvel and The Marvels, but even when issues arose, the performances and character work were great and entertaining and Iman was one of the best.
rexepic75672025-10-28 04:18
I really wish they'd bloody use Iman more
She's a treasure and deserves all the praise she gets
wintermute_132025-10-28 05:00
She needs to be in Doomsday.
Repulsive_Season_9082025-10-28 07:11
There's one thing no actors want to hear: that they're playing themselves. It's a dead end for a career.
SputnikRelevanti2025-10-28 10:52
“Plays herself”. 👀 That’s absence of acting… no?
FiveTribes2025-10-28 19:49
Not really. There's different factors that make some successful at acting.
You've got someone like Daniel Day Lewis who completely disappears into a role, but than you've got Clint Eastwood who is just really good at playing 1 specific archetype. Or Larry David essentially playing a heightened version of himself. All three of them are acting tho and have been pretty successful at it.
VRsongoku2025-10-28 11:36
Her and Inaki Godoy honestly just baffle me with their accuracy
Chiefmeez2025-10-28 14:58
Iman is precious
captainkezz1232025-10-28 16:10
They need to do more with her before she ages out of the role. She’s one of the best additions to the MCU recently
mcdude9102025-10-28 16:51
I know this talking point is a bit rote at this point, but the Iman Vellani thing bothers me to no end and I need to rant real quick.
Phase One introduced roughly 4 major characters that audiences mostly loved with Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America. In Phases Two and Three, these characters were each given major roles in 2-4 films BEFORE the finale started in Infinity War
Phase Four introduced roughly 6 major characters that audiences mostly loved with Shang-Chi, Kate Bishop, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk and Werewolf by Night.
Obviously a few of those characters aren't meant to be main players in the grand scheme of things but regardless, WHY has only ONE of these characters had (and will have, before Doomsday) ONE major role in a SINGLE project since Phase Four?
People seem to (rightly) go NUTS for Iman Vellani's Ms. Marvel. People loved Shang-Chi, people have always loved Hailee Steinfeld. What a series of literal years upon years of missed opportunity. Man I hope these 3 get their chance to shine in the next saga.
Hauntah2025-10-30 03:38
Shang Chi and her were the best things about phase 5
iiShadowii72025-11-05 00:52
The Marvels movie was one the best movies in this phase
Commentaires
Would Kevin Feige have *himself* as a flair? Or is this an Iman burner account?!
I can’t wait to see more of her.
Can’t wait to see her next appearance
Ms. Marvel, Shang Chi, and Daredevil (officially) are the strongest new introductions that I've seen and they all are worthy of more focus moving forward.
(I haven't seen Fantastic Four or Thunderbolts yet, so that's why they aren't potentially included in that list. And I think Sam/Mackie has potential, but Cap 4 sucked ass. Again, not the character/actors fault, but it's hard to rebound from that. With Kamala Khan, she was - at least - not the sole main character in her film debut.)
Sort of? Overall, Marvel's streaming side hasn't done gangbusters at all. Ms. Marvel's streaming audience was fairly in line with the rest of the studio's shows on top of gearing towards the younger side (mainly the reason why I haven't watched it). Then there's The Marvels, which had a ton of baggage that had nothing to do with her character. And then, most recently, there's Marvel Zombies which is a niche animated horror series.
The fact is that for the folks that did watch any one of these projects, Kamala Khan has been a highlight. And it's important for Marvel to recognize what is working and what isn't during this pretty unsatisfying/divisive cinematic period.
It doesn't have to. Disney's business fundamentals are really weird. They make almost all of their profit margin from the parks and merchandise, more than two-thirds of it. Everything they do - their movies, their shows, Marvel, Star Wars, all of it - exists to funnel people into their parks, cruises, and stores. It's a pretty accurate characterization to say that all of non-ESPN Disney is marketing for their parks and cruises. Marvel's movies made a shitload of money, but look deeper at how aggressively and quickly Disney turned Marvel into a merchandise, theme park, and cruise IP.
A show that maintains consistent ratings with more adult shows while skewing young is a big success to a studio that is focused on generational time scales like Disney is. Marvel just needs to keep young people interested so they buy real world shit, so as long as the shows break even and skews young while retaining audience, Disney isn't going to see it as a failed project. The panic around Marvel was less the ratings going down and more them losing the zeitgeist of the young people as their original audience ages. They _need_ little boys to want to go meet Iron Man and Captain America at Disneyland; they _need_ little girls to beg their parents to let them meet Black Widow on a cruise; they _need_ those people to grow up into Disney adults who raise a new generation of fans. That starts faltering and the whole venture starts to crumble.
I don't disagree with you. But the person I was replying to was talking about raw audience appeal, specifically related to Ms. Marvel.
Ms. Marvel did not have great ratings. It had some of Marvel's best inroads with Gen Z/Alpha since Endgame. That is what Disney cares about, and the audience that Disney needs to keep.
Unlike with Shang Chi or Kate Bishop, where they seemingly didn't anticipate anyone liking these characters enough and thus seemingly didn't have any plans for these characters to show up within the next 5 years after their own projects respectively... I can at least give them props for seemingly having had a plan in place for Kamala - own show, immediately followed up with basically own movie and a setup teaser showing her being part of something even bigger, great - unfortunately their entire non-existent plan seems to have blown up with the whole Kang and Majors situation, so now we're left with yet another "seems like we're not gonna be getting anything from this character that's supposed to be like 15 for yet another 5 years, can't wait to see them back on screen again when the actor is 30".
Also, Kevin, if you’re reading this I would LOVE to be in a show/movie.
I'm a horrible actor and the ugliest an overweight black teenager guy can get, so please let me play Squirrel Girk in Iron Man 4
She’s clearly a kid who grew up reading about and watching those characters. The deep cuts she makes and her passion for the brand (even when it goes against what the mcu is doing) are pretty evident of that.
They just need to hire better directors/writers to try and insert her organically to the overall story so that it doesn’t feel forced like several other of these “mantle” characters feel like. It unfortunately may be too late though. disney has burned a lot of bridges and has destroyed the trust and reputation they have had for so many years.
You don't speak for everyone. Different people want different things.
Just a glance through this thread alone shows that lots of people love her and her character.
The diversity makes Marvel shows stronger and broadens the spectrum of their appeal.
And that's OK.
Your derisional notion that anyone who disagrees with your personal taste in a subjective judgement is "*nothing but a bunch of fools jerking each other in an echo chamber*" is pretty close to deranged self absorption.
She seems like a real genuine fan first and foremost, and when the marvels failed spectacularly, she pointed towards Bob Iger. Mad respect for not blaming the audience for the corporation’s failures 👏🏻👏🏻. She seems to have a good head on her shoulders and I hope we continue to see more of her. I truly wish her all the success.
disney - Just please stop unnecessarily making retcons to her and to the source material overall. If you have any semblance of truly wishing to bring back the fans, just give us what we want ffs. It’s not rocket science.
It's been unofficially stated that the MCU was universe "19999" while main comic continuity is 616. Recent films have said that the movie universe is 616 and not 19999.
Vellani holds the position of older fans of that original designation structure. Something further support by [this scene in the last Spider-verse film](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z2U-RiEh_aY) that references "No Way Home".
She's a treasure and deserves all the praise she gets
You've got someone like Daniel Day Lewis who completely disappears into a role, but than you've got Clint Eastwood who is just really good at playing 1 specific archetype. Or Larry David essentially playing a heightened version of himself. All three of them are acting tho and have been pretty successful at it.
Phase One introduced roughly 4 major characters that audiences mostly loved with Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America. In Phases Two and Three, these characters were each given major roles in 2-4 films BEFORE the finale started in Infinity War
Phase Four introduced roughly 6 major characters that audiences mostly loved with Shang-Chi, Kate Bishop, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk and Werewolf by Night.
Obviously a few of those characters aren't meant to be main players in the grand scheme of things but regardless, WHY has only ONE of these characters had (and will have, before Doomsday) ONE major role in a SINGLE project since Phase Four?
People seem to (rightly) go NUTS for Iman Vellani's Ms. Marvel. People loved Shang-Chi, people have always loved Hailee Steinfeld. What a series of literal years upon years of missed opportunity. Man I hope these 3 get their chance to shine in the next saga.