IMAN VELLANI TO PLAY MS MARVEL, MCU'S FIRST PAKISTANI-AMERICAN TEEN SUPERHERO

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Ms Marvel, who debuted in 2014 as Marvel's first Muslim character to lead a comic book title, follows the New Jersey-based teenager Kamala Khan who tries to find her own way as a Pakistani American living in a religious family. Marvel Studios has tapped newcomer Iman Vellani to play Ms Marvel aka Kamala Khan, their first Pakistani-American teen superhero. Marvel had been testing actors throughout the summer and had zeroed on Vellani by September. A year ago, the upcoming actor took part in a Toronto International Film Festival committee that helped highlight films that speak to teenagers. She focused on Hala, a film revolving around a Pakistani-American teen pulled between her family and life in the West – themes that are echoed in the Ms Marvel Comics. Kumail Nanjiani and Simu Lio, who will be seen next in the Marvel film The Eternals, congratulated Vellani on bagging the role.

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