It’s an apparent rite of passage for all of Hollywood’s rising stars: a meeting with Marvel about a beloved superhero property.
For Mindy Kaling — who just this weekend saw the release of her Sundance festival hit “Late Night,” which she wrote, produced, and starred in — that meeting centered around a character she loves, but she doesn’t expect to ever play on the big screen.
In a new interview with MTV News, Kaling shared that she’s spoken with Marvel brass about bringing Ms.
Marvel, the first Pakistani-American superhero in the Marvel milieu, to life on the screen.“I think the people I’ve spoken to at Marvel about it are so excited about the character and I think that they’re trying to figure out what to do with it, and, I told them I would help in any way because I truly love her,” Kaling told the outlet.
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