Ms. Marvel made its premiere in early June, but the excitement among fans, and even stars of the show, remains ever-present for its ability to represent a South Asian and Muslim superhero in a respectful and entertaining way.
, Shaikh called the entire experience surreal. Especially when taking into consideration how his journey into acting first began.
"I was just like, so bored with what I was doing, and I couldn't think of anything that I wanted to do that will make me happy," he explained. "I remembered that in middle school, in high school, I would take like theater classes, and I was like, ‘I had fun doing that, you know, what if I like took that seriously, and, and like segued into that?’ So I did just that."
"I told my parents the moment I started acting, I was like, ‘When I graduate, I'm moving to L.A. and I'm going to do this,’" he said. "And they were like, ‘Eh, we'll see you know, like we’ll cross that bridge when we get there,’ and the bridge we crossed." "My character is Kamala’s older brother, Aamir," he explained. "He’s like her third parent, but like, the cool parent that she doesn't necessarily listen to. He's like, a friend-parent more than anything."
In South Asian communities, the nature of an older sibling takes on a role as an extension of the parents, which is demonstrated by the show. The oldest child, in essence, is meant to be a proper role model for the younger children, but also expected to break certain barriers that would enable other siblings to not go through similar hardships.
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