Janelle Monáe Wants to Play Storm in the MCU

Janelle Monae. Photo by Owen Kolasinski/BFA/REX/Shutterstock (9448708bn)

Janelle Monáe has several impressive movie projects under her belt, but there’s one role in particular that she’s desperate to play. The multi-talented artists said she wants to join the MCU in the role of the X-Men heroine Storm.

Monáe recently discussed her dream role with Empire and said it “would be a dream” to have Storm appear in the next Black Panther movie, being directed by Ryan Coogler.

“One of my dreams has always been to play Storm. A lot of women have played Storm and they’ve done an exceptional job, and I would love to be in that line of artists and get to do Storm justice,” said Monáe.

Monáe made her big-screen acting debut in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight and played one of the leading roles in the historical drama Hidden Figures that same year. She most recently appeared in the anthology series Homecoming and is soon set to star in the horror movie Antebellum.