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From superfan to superhero, Iman Vellani is about to become one of the most famous Gen Zers on the planet right now and at the ripe age of only 19, according to fans from reelsofjoy it’s just getting started for the Pakistani-Canadian actress.

1. Big fan of the superhero world

In fact, the walls of Iman’s childhood bedroom were plastered with characters from the MCU.
Recalling a Zoom call with the young star, Ms Marvel co-creator Sana Amanat told MarkMeets.com: “She showed me every corner of her room, and it was covered with Avengers. Then she said, ‘Oh wait, I’m not done’, opened up her closet, and there was more Marvel everywhere.”

“I have so much love for this character and for the Marvel universe and that’s really what drove me,” Aman revealed.

2. Once dressed as Ms Marvel for Halloween

Iman told Vogue: “I must have been 15 or 16. My grandma and I sewed the Ms Marvel costume together and I wore it for Halloween. “Absolutely no one knew who I was except my English teacher who was also a comic book nerd. Everyone thought I was The Flash which was really annoying. I had to go across the street, buy a Ms Marvel comic and carry it with me.” “But like, who’s laughing now?” she added.

3. Iron Man girl

She’s quoted Tony Stark in multiple celebrity interviews, and even said she’d pay homage to the Robert Downey Jr character if she were to attend a real Marvel convention.

4. Feels the pressure to get things right

Asked whether she felt pressure to represent the Muslim community in Ms Marvel, Iman admitted to Refinery 29: “I really wasn’t worried about that… Honestly I was more feeling pressured on the fan culture side of things.

“Honestly, just to be a nerd and represent other nerds, that was scary because I wanted to do the fandom justice because the Marvel fandom can be very picky… I would know!”

5. Light-fingered on set

“AvengerCon is what my dreams look like,” she said. “I had so much fun filming there. It was very distracting: Every time we would cut, I’d be wandering off set, just looking at all the little Easter eggs that our set dec people had put up. I stole so much from that set, too. I took boxes home. I got a lot of posters, a lot of T-shirts, a lot of hats and sunglasses. I got some cool mugs and Funkos. Just everything that was there! On my first day, my assistant and I went around taking photos of everything I wanted to steal, and on the last day, when I said bye to people, she put things in bags and we shipped everything home.”

6. Film buff

Before finding fame, Iman was chosen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Next Wave Committee, a group of teenage cinema enthusiasts who select films from the event to highlight to younger viewers (she gave a special push to the Georgian queer coming-of-age film And Then We Danced at the time).

7. She has a similar back story to her character

Born in Pakistan, Iman moved to Canada when she was a one-year-old, where she grew up and attended high school.

8. Found out that Disney was looking for someone to play Kamala Khan on WhatsApp

“My aunt got the casting call through a WhatsApp feature forward and it was literally a blank page that said like ’Ms. Marvel Disney+ Casting, send headshot and resume here,” she told Variety, admitting it all “looked super sketchy, but I did it anyway”. She also revealed it was only when she received a non-disclosure agreement from Disney before her audition that things began to feel real.