The third episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law brings a different kind of guest star—superstar rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who plays herself—in contrast to the superhero appearances that have become the Marvel standard.
When Dennis Bukowski makes an appearance, Tatiana Maslany's Jennifer Walters (also known as She-Hulk), a fellow attorney and Jennifer Walters' (aka She-Hulk) rival, is suing an Asgardian shapeshifter for damages after she assumed the persona of Megan Thee Stallion and pretended to be his girlfriend, hustling him for almost $200,000. The real rapper then appears in court, employs She-Hulk as her own attorney, and the two dance it out in the episode's post-credit scene.
So how did that famous moment happen? All of this can be attributed to Jameela Jamil, who started dating Megan after the two of them collaborated on HBO Max's Legendary.
“I was preparing to come and do this when I was filming Legendary season two, and I just asked her and she turned out to be a huge Marvel fan,” Jamil told The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s Hollywood premiere on Aug. 15. “I just had a feeling she’d be a great actor because she’s good at everything, and she absolutely smashed it. I could not have been prouder or more in awe of her, and she brings out something in Tatiana that no one has ever seen before — Tatiana has moves. It’s ridiculous.”
“Megan’s just one of the highlights of the whole show for me,” said Jamil, who plays super-powered influencer villain Titania in the series. “Every time someone’s been asking me, ‘What’s your favorite thing from the show?’ I haven’t been able to say yet because it’s not out, but it’s Megan.”
When the crew started scripting the episode, according to head writer and executive producer Jessica Gao, they only knew "we wanted a famous, successful and gorgeous woman" and went through numerous options before Jamil offered Megan.
“The moment she brought her up we said, ‘OK, that’s it, we’re done, there’s nobody else. If she’s willing to do it, we’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen,'” recalled Gao.
“She looks amazing on camera, she’s so cute and she was having so much fun; she’s so game to play, and how great is that tag?” the EP added of the twerking scene. “Tatiana said that she thinks it’s the single most important scene in the MCU and I agree with her, it really is. It’s the single most important scene in all of the MCU.”
Director and associate EP Maslany were particularly enthusiastic about the rapper's appearance on the programme, and the cast catered to her passion, according to Kat Coiro: "We actually added that dancing moment at the last minute to make some of her fantasies come true."
Disney+ now has She-Hulk: Attorney at Law available for viewing.
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