Teyonah Parris has wowed in a stunning new Harper’s Bazaar shoot for the magazine’s December/January issue.
The Mad Men star, 33, also shared her ‘excitement’ over being the first Black female character to join the Avengers and Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Teyonah will play an adult version of Monica Rambeau in the Disney+ series, who was previously introduced in Captain Marvel.
Stunning: Teyonah Parris has wowed in a stunning new Harper’s Bazaar shoot for the magazine’s December/January issue
For one look during the photoshoot, the Dear White People star looked incredible in a purple patterned maxi dress with cut-out sides and a daring thigh-high leg split.
Posing on a chair, Teyonah finished her look with sparkly shoes and a collection of gold jewellery.
While a different stunning ensemble saw the Chi-Raq star wow in a green and white patterned tailored blazer with a metallic pussycat bow.
Talking in an accompanying interview, Teyonah said that it was ‘energising’ to see Marvel use an ‘unapologetically Black, unapologetically strong and ambitious woman’.
‘Excitement’: The Mad Men star, 33, also shared her ‘excitement’ over being the first Black female character to join the Avengers and Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
She told the magazine: ‘To see that Marvel is going to use this unapologetically Black, unapologetically strong, ambitious woman and bring her into the MCU…
‘I’m so excited by that. I feel energised by what this means for the culture, for the world.’
Teyonah also admitted that she ‘could not stop crying’ during her first day at the Disney lot.
She said: ‘I had to take a minute. They let me take a walk around the floor. I had to go to the bathroom, and I came out with a roll of toilet paper because I could not stop crying.’
Teyonah also shared the excitement she felt at Comic-Con in 2019, she said: ‘I was excited because I’m looking out, and there’s my Asian brothers and sisters.
‘There’s my Latinx brothers and sisters. And the Black people too. That’s just real. This is what my world looks like.
‘And I’m excited that Marvel is making their universe look like our world at large. It’s just so necessary for young kids to see images that look like themselves.’
Teyonah also sweetly praised her parents who always supported and ‘nurtured’ her while growing up.
She recalled: ‘My parents saw a thing in me when I was young that they just nurtured. They never told me I couldn’t [do something]. They never said, “Who does that? That’s not realistic.”‘
Premise: WandaVision will take place following the events of 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, but so far far it’s not clear how Vision, who was killed in Infinity War, was revived (Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff, left, and Paul Bettany as Vision, right, in show still)
WandaVision will take place following the events of 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, but so far far it’s not clear how Vision, who was killed in Infinity War, was revived.
It’s also been revealed that the show will feature characters from Captain Marvel, Thor and Ant-Man, and it will tie into the upcoming 2022 movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Along with Teyonah, WandaVision also stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff, Paul Bettany as Vision, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Randall Park as Jimmy Woo and Kathryn Hahn plays a ‘nosy neighbour’.
Release date: The first look at the upcoming series took place during the Super Bowl in February 2020 with WandaVision set to premiere on January 15 on Disney+
The series, which has been long awaited by Marvel fans, was also one of the many productions shut down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
The first look at the upcoming series took place during the Super Bowl in February 2020 with WandaVision set to premiere on January 15 on Disney+.
You can read the full interview in the December/January issue of Harper’s Bazaar, available now.