Cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin Interview: Ms. Marvel
The Ms. Marvel Disney+ TV show is unlike anything else in the MCU to date. It's a character-driven adventure, one in which star Kamala Khan explores her history and heritage. This journey ultimately takes her to Karachi, and even involves time travel back to the time of the Partition of India. Ms. Marvel episodes 4 and 5 were actually shot in Thailand, but Marvel successfully converted sets and locations into a beautiful image of Karachi. The studio was only able to pull this off because of the skilled team they had assembled — including cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin.
O'Loughlin worked with the cast and crew to make Marvel's plans a reality, and the result was a show with a remarkably strong sense of place. Marvel has always followed the lead of the comics, which claim to be set in "the world outside your window" (albeit with gods and monsters). Ms. Marvel episodes 4 and 5 were set in the world outside a window in Karachi, and it felt as realistic as the show's portrayal of Jersey in other episodes.
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Screen Rant had the opportunity to speak to Jules O'Loughlin about his work on Ms. Marvel, exploring how the team recreated Karachi — and honored the history of India, in scenes set during the Partition.
Screen Rant: Could you give us a quick run-down of what you shot for Ms. Marvel and what it involved?
Jules O'Loughlin: OK, we shot in January 2021 — 2020 was the year Covid hit, I was on a show in LA when that happened, we got shut down and six months later we started up again. But in January 2021, I went to Bangkok to shoot episodes 4 and 5 of Ms. Marvel — there's a reason why we went to Bangkok. The other episodes were all shot in Atlanta.
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