Iman Vellani knows exactly what the MCU's problem is
Nov. 29, 2023Iman Vellani explains what Marvel Studios should do next - and it doesn’t involve trying to top Endgame
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Iman Vellani has Marvel running through her veins. Not only is sheMs. Marvel– co-star ofThe Marvels, no less – but she’s had a long and nerdy history with the company’s comics.
As such, she’s pretty well placed to identify why the MCU is flagging a little in a post-Avengers: Endgameworld.
Speaking toThe Direct, she addressed howMarvel Studiosshould best approach things next. Vellani remarked, “I don’t know if it’s about just getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Because then, like, what’s left? You know, I think it’s just about making the audience care about their characters.”
“I think they’ve established so many wonderful characters in the last phase of the MCU that it would be nice to see them all again and see them team up,” Vellani said.
Whatever comes next, it’s unlikely Vellani will be pressing Kevin Feige too hard. In an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter,she jokedthat she’s going to let some continuity issues slide with the Marvel Studios president, specifically when it comes to the MCU Earth’s number designation.
“I’m trying not to give him a hard time right now until I get [Ms. Marvel] season 2, and then maybe I’ll email him another 72 questions,” she said recently. “Yeah, I’m taking it easy. If he says the MCU is [Earth-] 616, I’ll let him believe that.”
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