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Iman Vellani won the role of Kamala Khan, aka Ms Marvel, in an open casting
Critics have hailed the release of Ms Marvel, Disney's first on-screen Muslim superhero story, as a "joyful" slice of "pop culture history".
The show centres around geeky teenager and Avengers comic book fangirl Kamala Khan, played by Pakistani-Canadian newcomer Iman Vellani.
She struggles to fit in until she gains superpowers, becoming Ms Marvel.
In a five-star review, The Guardian said: "She's funny, charming and effortlessly bats off preconceptions."
The paper's TV critic Lucy Mangan wrote: "Normally, you would fear for a young actor, but Vellani seems so born to the purple [the colour of her powers] that you almost have to shrug and say, as an elder might to a nascent superhero in - oh, I don't know, the MCU [Marvel Cinematic Universe] perhaps - that it is her destiny."
Image caption,
Iman Vellani won the role of Kamala Khan, aka Ms Marvel, in an open casting
Critics have hailed the release of Ms Marvel, Disney's first on-screen Muslim superhero story, as a "joyful" slice of "pop culture history".
The show centres around geeky teenager and Avengers comic book fangirl Kamala Khan, played by Pakistani-Canadian newcomer Iman Vellani.
She struggles to fit in until she gains superpowers, becoming Ms Marvel.
In a five-star review, The Guardian said: "She's funny, charming and effortlessly bats off preconceptions."
The paper's TV critic Lucy Mangan wrote: "Normally, you would fear for a young actor, but Vellani seems so born to the purple [the colour of her powers] that you almost have to shrug and say, as an elder might to a nascent superhero in - oh, I don't know, the MCU [Marvel Cinematic Universe] perhaps - that it is her destiny."
