Monica Rambeau has certainly had an interesting journey so far on "WandaVision," and actress Teyonah Parris joins CinemaBlend's Erik Swann to discuss some of the major turning points for her character so far.
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00:02 - How you doing today, Ms. Parris?
00:16 - I'm good, how are you?
00:18 - I'm doing well, doing well.
00:20 So happy to be able to speak with you.
00:22 - Same, thank you.
00:24 - So I'd like to start by asking,
00:26 I just wanna start with a bang.
00:27 Episode five was a major,
00:30 well, this past episode was a major turning point,
00:32 but the same can be said for episode five.
00:34 Carol Danvers was for the first time,
00:37 well, Captain Marvel was name dropped in episode five.
00:40 - I'd argue that Captain Marvel came close.
00:42 - Monica's response was a little interesting.
00:44 - We are not talking about her, we are talking about Wanda.
00:48 - So I just wanna come on and ask,
00:50 what are Monica's feelings towards Carol Danvers?
00:54 I think that, you know, as we move forward,
00:57 hopefully these things will be addressed.
01:03 You know, Monica has been announced to be joining Carol
01:07 and Ms. Marvel in Captain Marvel 2,
01:10 so that offers us a lot of space
01:12 to explore that relationship further.
01:15 I don't wanna give anything away, Eric.
01:17 You're like, tell me now, what do you feel?
01:21 - I know, just eager, just eager.
01:23 (laughing)
01:24 - Well, I do wanna ask this,
01:26 so moving over to episode six,
01:28 there was a pretty big betrayal.
01:30 Hayward pretty much just ousted Monica, Jimmy,
01:33 and Darcy off the sort base,
01:36 basically taking them out of the equation.
01:37 - Get her off my base, now, all of them.
01:41 - You know, Monica and Hayward
01:43 were established as colleagues,
01:44 so in your mind, was Monica surprised by that betrayal
01:47 or was she prepared, do you think?
01:50 - I mean, even when she's walking out,
01:52 she says he was looking for a reason to sideline us,
01:55 so I think, you know,
01:57 Monica's just coming back from the blip,
01:58 so she's getting back to finding her feet again,
02:02 finding out she's not used to working missing persons cases.
02:06 She made that very clear when he put her on the case,
02:09 like, this is not what I do,
02:11 so I think she's finding her feet
02:12 with her amazing colleagues, Darcy and Jimmy,
02:17 and so they're figuring it out together,
02:20 so I think she started to feel that something was amiss,
02:24 and then, you know, when he put the missile on the drone,
02:29 like, what are you doing?
02:31 This is not what we talked about,
02:32 so I think she's felt it coming.
02:34 - Don't use the last five years as an excuse to be a coward.
02:38 - It's devastating either way,
02:40 just, you know, for her to be such this driving force
02:42 and then just be pushed aside,
02:43 'cause she's awesome, Monica.
02:45 - Thank you, I think she's awesome, too.
02:48 But yeah, you know, that trio, the Jimmy, Monica,
02:53 Darcy trio, I think they'll find a way
02:55 to figure some things out.
02:59 I don't think they'll take it so easy.
03:01 - Oh, I have no doubts, and one thing, Monica,
03:04 we've only gotten to know this Monica
03:06 for just a certain amount of time,
03:07 but one thing I love is that she's already proven herself
03:11 a hero in so many respects, and I wanna ask,
03:13 even after Darcy tells her, you know,
03:15 her body chemistry has been changed now,
03:17 and she's still willing to go back into the hex,
03:20 what does that say about Monica's heroism,
03:22 that she's willing to go back in
03:24 despite the medical advice she's been given?
03:26 - I think that it tells you how compassionate this woman is.
03:33 For Monica to have lost her mom
03:36 is a huge, huge, devastating blow for her,
03:42 and to then not be there when her mother passed,
03:45 I think she's dealing with her own grief
03:49 in such a way that it makes her more able
03:53 to be more compassionate to Wanda,
03:56 and so feeling that level of compassion for Wanda,
04:01 I think does drive her to say, you know what,
04:03 I don't want anyone to go through
04:06 what I've gone through alone,
04:10 that there needs, that she is,
04:13 this is high-level trauma and grief,
04:16 and I have to help her,
04:18 and so the fact that she's willing to risk her body,
04:22 put her body on the line,
04:24 I do think says to us that this woman
04:26 is just extremely compassionate
04:28 and willing to help whenever she can, however she can.
04:33 - I know what Wanda's feeling,
04:36 and I won't stop until I help her.
04:39 - I totally agree, and it's so great
04:41 just to see these different sides of Monica,
04:42 and I love her.
04:43 That is my time with you.
04:45 I'm so happy for you.
04:47 I'm so, I love this show,
04:48 and I can't wait to see how you continue
04:50 your journey into the MCU.
04:51 Thank you so much for taking the time
04:52 to talk to Cinema Boy, Ms. Fares.
04:54 - Thank you so much, Eric.
04:56 Thank you.
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