The Serie mrs marvelis now available on Disney +, and its star Ima Vellani, is also a super fan of comics and the MCU for a long time, and has explained why the main universe of the MCU is not Earth-616
The young actress Iman Vellani, gives life to Kamala Khan / Ms Marvel in the series of Disney+And just like her character, she’s been a huge fan of Marvel comics and movies long before she was cast in the role, something she shows in every interview she does.
Vellani as a big fan of the MCU has not been shy about sharing her theories and opinions about the franchise. On the red carpet of the premiere of mrs marvel the actress questioned the revelation in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessthat the main MCU was Earth-616, just like the universe in which the Marvel comics take place. Until very recently, however, the Marvel Cinematic Universe had the designation Earth-199999, but the Doctor Strange sequel has seemingly reconfigured its label.
Now the actress in a new interview for the podcast of dead lineVellani explained why the MCU’s true Multiversal designation is actually Earth-19999:
“I have this discussion with Kevin [Feige] every time I see him in person. It’s not 616. The MCU is definitely 199999. That’s five nines. And all this happened because Kevin Feige made a joke in an interview about how long the MCU would last and said: ‘199999 years’. But we need a number and you can’t take it out of the Marvel comics canon, because it was like the main comics canon where all the main events happened.”
Vellani went on to explain the difference by naming Mysterio. Fans will remember that Quentin Beck aka Mysterio gave Peter Parker some trouble in Spider-Man: Far From Homewhile claiming to be from an alternate universe that came to the “Earth-616” as a result of a battle with an elemental being. Vellani criticized this reference to the character. Him saying that this designation shouldn’t have been something Beck was aware of since he was “just an actor” while explaining some of the events of Earth-616:
“And in that canon, Kamala is an Inhuman, and there’s Lockjaw. House of M took place with the X-Men. Where’s all that in the MCU if he’s 616, huh?… Break. Also, how was Mysterio… why was Mysterio in the uCM right around 616, because he mentioned it. Why would he know something like that? He is just an actor ».
The actress also noted that in the comics, Kamala Khan has her own adventures on Earth-616: “There are in the universe 616! In the comics, yes. From now on, you get what you get.”
There is much to analyze in Iman Vellani’s comments. To begin with, in the pages of Marvel Comics, the MCU was classified as Earth-199999. This information was included in officially published guides and the like. when it was released Doc Strange 2, this idea was turned upside down. During Strange and America Chavez’s journey to Earth-838. The Illuminati informed the Sorcerer Supreme that he came from Earth-616, contradicting everything published so far.
It’s worth noting that the Earth-616 title could possibly be something that the Earth-838 Baxter Foundation scientists only used strictly in the context of the movie and not in the actual Multiversal classification. You can listen to the full interview below:
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