MS. MARVEL Star Iman Vellani Has Been Assured By Marvel That She Will Return To The MCU
While Marvel’s Ms. Marvel series and The Marvels movie weren’t well received by critics and some fans, I want to say that Iman Vellani is fantastic in the role of Ms. Marvel! She is absolutely delightful and if she actually had a strong story and script to work with, she would shine even more.
The ending of The Marvels strongly hinted at the fact that Vellani would return as she is out in the MCU recruiting members for the Young Avengers. But after The Marvels had a disappointing box office run, Marvel and Disney might want to change up their plans.
Regardless, during an interview with Polygon, the actress said that she’s been assured by Marvel Studios that she'll be sticking around. She said:
"I have been assured. So that feels good, but there was no more assurance than that. They give me breadcrumbs, and I try and make a meal out of it."
She doesn’t know what exactly is next for her, but she knows she’ll suit back up and jump into action. Vellani has expressed her excitement for a Young Avengers movie, though, and she recently spoke in depth about the possibilities, and how she believes the Young Avengers will stand apart from the originals:
“They have perspectives that the older Avengers don't, especially because they've had to deal with the repercussions, but they're also a fan of the older Avengers. So I think they can really make this team-up something new. I think it'll be way more functional than the Avengers even were. I think Kamala being in charge might also set the tone in a really wonderful way. I think she's a natural-born leader.
She is not only the glue of the Marvels, but could be the glue of the younger Avengers group because she is mature and she is intelligent, and she also has all this knowledge about being superheroes and teamwork and how to do it in a way that's ideal and works for everyone. And she's probably learned so much from being on the Marvels, so she can bring that into the Young Avengers. But yeah, I think they'll definitely be a group that a lot of the younger audiences can resonate to and relate to way more. I think their opinions on social justice issues, I think their opinions on just the world in general and is what's needed is way more important.
They feel like the group that will understand humanity and the value of human life way more than I think the older group does because they're in it, right? They have relationships there. They're in school, they have their friends, they have their idols and their mentors. And I think all of those relationships will ground this group way more than we have mentors who's a billionaire, and you got a guy who was frozen from the 1940s. So they're definitely way more aware of reality.”
She also said: "I just want to see them interact. I think they've left so many of the younger character stories open-ended, and to see fans start shipping people together, it would be something like, I want to see Kamala interact with America. I want to see Kamala interact with Patriot, I don't know. Just all these random people. And so yeah, I think there's so many different avenues you could take with this."
Marvel Studios has got a lot of projects cooking, and right now we know that previously announced movie plans are being changed up. I’m really curious to see how Marvel tries to change things to tell better and stronger stories. Ms. Marvel fits in there somewhere, we’ll just have to wait to see what project it will be in.