Ms. Marvel Is A Very Powerful & Different MCU Show, Says Star

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Saagar Shaikh, who plays Kamala Kahn’s older brother Amir in Marvel’s Ms. Marvel¸ has praised the show’s representation, suggesting it will be “just so powerful to our future generations.” Slated for streaming release on Disney+ in June, it will serve as the sixth live-action series directly connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series also is set to introduce newcomer Iman Vellani as the titular superhero, a 16-year-old Pakistani-American who gains the ability to harness cosmic energy and manipulate it at will.

Created in 2013, Kamala Khan is the first-ever Muslim character to appear in her own Marvel comic book. In a departure from the source material, a recent Ms. Marvel trailer showed Kamala’s new powers, which are vastly different from her original shapeshifting abilities in the comics. Instead, she appears to be able to manipulate cosmic energy to create constructs with the aid of special jewelry which are rumored to be the Nega-Bands used by the original Captain Mar-Vell from the comics.

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Recently Screen Rant were able to catch up with Shaikh at the recent red carpet premiere of Marvel’s Moon Knight series. Shaikh spoke about the power inherent in normalizing “a Pakastani Muslim superhero” and the impact the series will have on children from similar backgrounds. Check out his full comments below:

I mean like Ms. Marvel, not just Kamala Khan but the show itself, has so much character and it's meant for so many different people, that I can't say all the MCU shows or movies are meant for. It's a different demographic. It's going to just capture a different audience. There's so many South Asian people, kids out there. I have three nieces that