Ms Marvel: Twitterati Express Grief As Farhan Akhtar’s Screen Time Was Unexpected. Says, ‘Shuru Hote Hi Khatam’
5 Dariya News
29-Jun-2022
Disney Plus's new original series, Ms Marvel has been special for many reasons. The show is Marvel’s first attempt at having a Muslim character headlining a series. Ms Marvel also has Bollywood actors Farhan Akhtar and Fawad Khan making their debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). With three episodes of the series already aired and the fourth released today. Fans had been eagerly waiting to see Farhan and Fawad in the Iman Vellani show.
In the teaser, he has been introduced as Waleed. It shows Aramis Knight as Kareem/Red Dagger who sends Kamala Khan (Iman) into a mysterious location where she meets Waleed. It made fans more excited. Take a look at the teaser:
But when they watch the full episode that is Episode 4 of Ms Marvel, which features Farhan Akhtar, they are a little upset. Some are happy that an Indian actor gets an opportunity to feature in MCU but other sections of Twitter expressed their anger and grief as the ZNMD actor gets on 5 minutes of screen space. This is how Twitterati reacts: Farhan Akhtar's role as Waleed in Ms Marvel got me like #MsMarvel pic.twitter.com/k98GV3imAC Absolutely loved today's episode of Ms Marvel! The music was top notch and the story made an interesting development.Kinda wish we could get more of Farhan Akhtar's Waleed but oh well..also I am still kinda confused as to what the bangle did!#MsMarvel #KamalaKhan #MsMarvelEp4 Me when I saw @FarOutAkhtar in today's episode is #MsMarvel #MsMarvelEp4. Was not at all expecting it! pic.twitter.com/NayFe87sbc Everyone to Farhan Akhtar 5 min cameo#FarhanAkhtar #MsMarvel #MsMarvelEp4 #Marvel pic.twitter.com/HGUhyYkaQh they did him so wrong only introduced him to the mcu to kill him off five min later😭 #FarhanAkhtar #MsMarvel #Marvel pic.twitter.com/qb4HrmF2vx
Earlier, the actor expressed gratitude to the makers of the series in a post he had written on Twitter. He said, "This post is in appreciation of the creators, the directors, and all those in front and behind the camera, who collaborated to make Ms Marvel what it is. It is in appreciation of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for her guidance through my days of working on it. It is an appreciation of Marvel. I'm proud to be part of their conscious inclusiveness. This show is a celebration of diversity and it certainly will bring joy and pride of self-identity to millions of young girls and boys of the sub-continent."
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Meanwhile, when the teaser was out, the clip certainly got fans excited to learn more about Akhtar's character, who makes his MCU debut in the show. The series has been creating ample conspiracy relating to Kamala's great-grandmother, Aisha's story and it looks like Akhtar's Waleed might be the one with quite a few of the answers.