Ms. Marvel didn’t just introduce the first female South Asian and Muslim superhero into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it also launched the Hollywood careers of many popular South Asian actors. Award-winning Pakistani actor Mehwish Hayat is just one of them, debuting as Kamala Khan's great-grandmother Aisha in the latest Disney Plus series, and she hopes that her character’s story will get picked up for a spin-off series.
Hayat's character Aisha in Ms. Marvel was a part of the Clan Destine, or Djinns. Her clan is on the lookout for a pair of magical bangles, which will help them “go back home.” The series explores their journey and Aisha's fate, but a lot of questions still remain unanswered. Hayat believes that perhaps the studio could work on developing Aisha's backstory further, to help fans understand the Clan Destine's origins and how they discover the bangles to begin with.
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Nimra Bucha's Najma briefly explains who the Clan Destine are in Ms. Marvel episode 3. Despite that, fans have many more questions about these powerful, supposedly immortal, beings from the so-called Noor dimension. While the studio has not confirmed a spin-off series, Hayat is ready to reprise her character to help clarify any doubts that fans may have. In an interview with Pop Culture, the actor made it clear that she doesn’t know anything about a possible spin-off, but she hopes the studio decides to work on one. “There were a lot of questions that were left unanswered, like, 'What were we doing? Why were we not able to go back home? Why were we stuck in that place…,” she said.
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