Marvel: 6 actresses we want to see play Storm in the MCU

6. Marsai Martin

You’re going to see the name Marsai Martin everywhere at someone point, for good reason. The former black-ish star is a fantastic young actress (and the youngest on this list) that’s already made a name for herself post-sitcom. Martin showed she’s a leading (young) lady with her performance in Little where she played a grown woman trapped in a little girl’s body.

Oh, and her film Fantasy Football saw her set a Guinness World Record in 2020 as the youngest Hollywood executive producer to work on a major production. Of course, as the tech-savvy daughter she stole every scene. Given she’s under 23, Martin could play Storm from her very early days as a mutant.

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Marvel comic fans know the story of Storm begins before joining the X-Men. Storm’s early life was marked by adversity and self-discovery. Orphaned in Cairo, she learned thievery and combat skills under Achmed El-Gibar’s guidance. In Cairo, she encountered Charles Xavier aka Professor X during an attempted pickpocketing, inadvertently introducing him to the Shadow King.

And there’s a bit of connection to the Black Panther before he became Black Panther of course. In Kenya, she discovered her weather-controlling abilities and helped Prince T’Challa escape from kidnappers. Embraced as a goddess of life by local tribes, Storm learned to use her powers with guidance from Ainet.

Martin could carry a mini-series about Strom before she is reintroduced on the big screen when Professor X has to recruit the tenacious hero to help him save the X-Men. Yes, I know it’s money.