After Pakistani Actors Nimra Bucha and Samina Ahmad, Fawad Khan also scores a role in Disney+ Series Ms. Marvel. The news was confirmed by BBC’s Senior Journalist/Entertainment Reporter, Haroon Rashid who tweeted saying that Fawad Khan is set to appear in the Disney+ series – Ms. Marvel.
Wow! Fawad Khan is set to appear in Ms. Marvel – the Disney+ series about Marvel’s first titular Muslim character. He’s listed on the show’s official IMDB page. Farhan Akhtar, Nimra Bucha, and Samina Ahmad are reportedly part of the cast too. Marvel yet to comment. Amazing if true!
Neither Fawad Khan nor the makers of the series have announced the news as yet!
Wow! Fawad Khan set to appear in Ms Marvel – the Disney+ series about Marvel’s first titular Muslim character. He's listed on the show's official IMDB page. Farhan Akhtar, Nimra Bucha and Samina Ahmad are reportedly part of the cast too. Marvel yet to comment. Amazing if true! pic.twitter.com/FFdvBHXRGO
— Haroon Rashid (@iHaroonRashid) June 4, 2021
To confirm the news, we checked Ms. Marvel’s official IMDB page and found out Fawad Khan is in fact listed as cast for the first episode alongside actors Matt Lintz, and Iman Vellani.
Previously, actress Samina Ahmed’s husband left a comment for a fan on Instagram saying that wife Samina was currently in Thailand shooting for a Hollywood series. Sehbai announced the news that his wife, who is, of course, a cherished actress in Pakistan, has hit the jackpot. Turns out it was for the role she had earned for Ms. Marvel.
Another Pakistani actress, Nimra Bucha also scored a role in the series. Other than that, the cast includes Iman Vellani, Farhan Akhtar Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Naki, Azher Usman, Travina Springer, and many more.
Ms Marvel’s Character
Ms Marvel is a relatively new character. She formally entered the superhero scene 6 years ago and since then has proven to be a favourite. Introduced to the readers in 2014 as a 16-year-old Muslim American from Pakistan, Kamala was a massive fan of the Avengers who has grown up in New Jersey and can shapeshift, making various parts of her body big and small.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy becomes First Pakistani to Co-Direct Marvel’s First Muslim Superhero Film “Ms. Marvel’. Read the full story here:
Marvel, being the leading Hollywood film studios has hired four directors in which we’ll see Oscar-winning Pakistani female Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy who’s the first Pakistani to co-direct for Marvel television series starring female Muslim superhero Kamala Khan.
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