Brie Larson Reveals Which Marvel Co-Star Is Basically Playing Themselves On Screen
At a recent convention, Brie Larson said one The Marvels co-star isn’t just acting — they’re essentially playing themselves, embodying their superhero on and off screen.
If you have ever watched Ms. Marvel and thought, wow, Kamala Khan feels like a real MCU superfan who stumbled into superhero life, Brie Larson is right there with you. The Captain Marvel star just said the quiet part out loud at a con: Iman Vellani isn’t just playing Kamala — she basically is Kamala.
Brie on Iman: the MCU’s biggest fan is also its newest hero
At SpaceCon 2025 in San Antonio, Larson talked about working with her The Marvels co-star and did not hold back on the praise. She called Vellani a genuine bright spot on and off camera, said she has a ton of great memories with her, and emphasized how deep Vellani’s Marvel knowledge goes — like, encyclopedia-level deep.
"She’s basically playing herself. She knows everything about the MCU."
A clip from the panel made the rounds on social media on October 27, 2025, and yeah — it tracks if you have seen Vellani talk about comics for five minutes.
Why this fits perfectly
Larson has been saying versions of this since they teamed up. Back in 2023, she told Entertainment Weekly that Vellani is the future of this corner of the franchise and the perfect Ms. Marvel — and went as far as calling her one of her favorite people on the planet. She also admitted part of the reason she signed on as Carol Danvers in the first place was the Carol-and-Kamala dynamic, which is basically mentor-meets-megafan.
Marvel boss Kevin Feige, same page: "Iman essentially steals The Marvels."
How we got here (and what’s next)
- First crossover: Larson and Vellani share the screen in The Marvels (2023), alongside Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Zawe Ashton as the Kree leader Dar-Benn. The trio teams up to shut down a multiversal rift that threatens the Kree.
- Before that: Larson briefly pops up in the Ms. Marvel finale on Disney+, the show that introduced Vellani’s Kamala Khan to the MCU.
- The vibe since: Larson keeps crediting Vellani for teaching her things on set, and the industry line has been consistent — she is a natural fit for this role because she’s been living it as a fan for years.
- What we’re waiting on: Marvel hasn’t announced when either hero will appear again. No dates, no titles, just the reasonable expectation that both will be back when the studio is ready to fire up the next chapter.
So yes, the MCU finally cast a lifelong Marvel obsessive as a superhero, and it turns out that was the whole point. Sometimes the right person just walks in already wearing the jersey.