Who Is Teyonah Parris? 5 Things to Know About ‘The Marvels’ Star
usmagazine.comA new hero has arrived. Teyonah Parris plays Monica Rambeau in The Marvels, and there are a few things fans should know about the actress as she joins the superhero ranks.“I’ve wanted to be in the MCU since the MCU debuted!” the South Carolina native told Titan Comics in January 2021. “That would be, like, Marvel Studios’ Iron Man.
I remember either being in college or just out of college and seeing the epicness of it all, and how fun it was and funny and still very grounded.
I’m like, ‘I want to be an MCU Super Hero!’ Just to have entered the world and with such a dope creative team and cast, it’s really been a dream.”It’s a dream she didn’t expect to come true.
Parris had seen fans on social media suggest her for several Marvel superhero roles, but she assumed nothing more would ever come of it.“Oh, I knew Monica was a superhero before I even got the role because fans on Twitter had been fan-casting me as Monica Rambeau,” she told Variety in 2021. “This is way pre-Captain Marvel.
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