Marvel Casts Laurel Marsden as Zoe Zimmer in MS. MARVEL Series
Marvel’s Ms. Marvel has gained a new cast member with the addition of Laurel Marsden, who will take on the role of Zoe Zimmer in the Disney+ series. Marsden hasn’t done much, but she did appear opposite Sophie Turner in Quibi's Survive.
Zoe Zimmer first appeared in 2014's Ms. Marvel No. 3 as the first person Kamala Khan saves. The character is described as being the “most popular girl at Coles Academic High School, was dating a star athlete, Josh Richardson, and initially appeared shallow and ‘nice mean.’ After her Terrigenesis, Zoe was the first person Ms. Marvel rescued when she fell into the Hudson River…During the convergence, Zoe had an existential crisis, reevaluated her life, broke up with Josh, and rekindled her friendship with Kamala and Nakia. Since the convergence, Zoe had been nearly inseparable from Nakia.”
The Ms. Marvel series is being developed by British writer Bisha K. Ali, who is writing the series and also serves as showrunner. Ali is a comedian who also worked as a writer on Hulu’s remake of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Marsden joins a cast that also includes Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, Saagar Shaikh, Aramis Knight, Matt Lintz, Zenobia Shroff, and Mohan Kapur.
The series will be inspired by the most recent incarnation of the character, a teenager named Kamela Khan. Ms. Marvel is a shape-shifting Muslim Pakistani-American teenager from New Jersey who becomes the newest holder of the Ms. Marvel identity. She is the youngest of two children from a traditional Pakistani family. Her powers have been described as polymorphous, meaning she has the ability to stretch and change her shape.
Despite her traditional roots, Kamala was the typical American teenager. Wanting to be herself, but still make her family proud. For several years, Kamala was a fan of superheroes especially the Avengers and, more importantly, Carol Danvers. So much, in fact, that she started writing online fan-fiction about the Avengers and Captain Marvel. Even going as far as joining the Carol Danvers Corps online.
Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have signed up to direct multiple episodes of the series along with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a two-time Oscar winner in the documentary short category, as well as Meera Menon, who has previously directed episodes of The Walking Dead, The Punisher, Titans, Dirty John, and Outlander.
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has said in the past that while Ms. Marvel will make her debut in her own Disney+ series, there are plans to bring her into the feature films in the future. I’m a fan of Marvel Comics’ Ms. Marvel, and I’m looking forward to seeing what comes of the series.
Source: THR