We chat with MsMarvel's Khan family - mohankapur, ZenobiaShroff & saagarshaikh - about how Kamala's experience reflects that of many children in the diaspora and which family member attended AvengerCon in secret:
Ms. Marvel premieres June 8 on Disney+, and the MCU will never again be the same. Not only is Kamala Khan the first Muslim superhero Marvel has introduced, but she's also probably the biggest fan of the franchise she's entering. The Pakistani-American teenager, portrayed wonderfully by newcomer Iman Vellani, spends her days dreams about the Avengers - much to her family's chagrin.
Saagar Shaikh: I think my first,"Oh sh-t. I'm in the MCU!" moment was the first time I met Kevin Feige. And I was like,"This guy is standing right in front of me. This is Kevin Feige." He's like the Marvel God; he's the one that makes everything happen, and he's shaking my hand.Zenobia Shroff: That's pretty [good]. I would say meeting Kevin was a big moment, yeah.
It must be so fun working with Iman, who kind of is a real-life Kamala Khan. She loves Marvel so much; she knows so much about it. Do you guys start to feel like a real family through that lens?Saagar Shaikh: Yeah! I mean, Iman is Kamala Khan. We're watching Iman go through the same thing that we will watch Kamala Khan go through. And I feel like that's my little sister, and I gotta protect her. I feel like I have the same energy towards Iman as Aamir goes towards Kamala.
Kamala Khan's family is very important to her story in the comics. How do you think that her family defines her as a hero in the show? Zenobia Shroff: Because your parents' vision when they brought you here was not all those things. It was either [that] you be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer, a computer guy, or you marry well. I think there's a huge struggle, and Saagar probably experienced it growing up with it. There's a big struggle.Zenobia Shroff: Yeah, I bet you do. And all my friends' kids are going through it. My friends are still South Asian mothers, and the kid is wanting to go to Coachella and do pot.
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