Ms. Marvel's Iman Vellani Finds It Weird Watching Herself On Screen
Iman Vellani, star of the upcoming Marvel Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, has confessed that she finds it very strange to watch herself acting on screen. The young actress plays the titular character Kamala Khan in the series, a Muslim Pakistani-American high schooler who lives in Jersey City. A dreamer who is obsessed with superheroes (Captain Marvel in particular), Khan comes across the opportunity to become one herself when she gains cosmic powers.
Although this is everything she's ever wanted, the new Ms. Marvel still has to balance her life as both a hero and a teenager. The MCU series will also star Saagar Shaikh as Kamala's older brother Amir, Matt Lintz as her friend Bruno Carrelli, and Aramis Knight as the vigilante Red Dagger. It will consist of six episodes directed by a team consisting of a few different people, including Batgirl directors Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi, plus Meera Menon and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
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In an interview with TIFF, Vellani shared her thoughts on what it was like for her to watch herself performing on screen. She professed that it wasn't an entirely pleasant experience, as she didn't take into account what she actually looks like in front of a camera. Read what Vellani had to say below:
It's weird. It's really weird. Watching yourself is like the most cursed thing ever. I don't know what I look like and I realize that now. Like, you know what you look like, but you don't. You don't know what you look like when you eat or when you're happy or when you're sad or when you run. Running is the worst in my opinion. It's terrifying but in a fun way.
As far as marketing for the upcoming series goes, not a lot has been
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