Kevin Feige Personally Spoiled Chris Evans’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Cameo to Iman Vellani

Marvel Studios is famous for guarding its secrets, but it turns out Kevin Feige isn’t always the one keeping them. Iman Vellani, who plays Kamala Khan in the MCU, has revealed that the Marvel boss once gave her an early look at one of the biggest surprises in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’. Her story offers a fun glimpse at how Feige shares Marvel’s secrets behind closed doors.

Vellani has become one of the franchise’s most recognizable young stars. She made her onscreen debut when ‘Ms. Marvel’ premiered on Disney+, and she reprised her role as Kamala Khan in the MCU film ‘The Marvels’ on November 10, 2023. She also voiced an animated version of Kamala for Disney+ in September 2025 and has co-written 2 ‘Ms. Marvel’ comic series.

Now Vellani has revealed that Feige spoiled the return of Chris Evans as Johnny Storm in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ for her. “I was at the offices one day, and he’s like, ‘You want to see something cool?’ He shows me his phone, and it’s just, like, silent footage of Chris Evans flaming on,” Vellani said in a recent video interview. She summed up her role in Feige’s process simply: “I’m his test audience.”

It’s easy to see why Feige wanted to show off that footage. Back in 2022, Chris Evans expressed enthusiasm about reprising his role as Johnny Storm from the 2005 ‘Fantastic Four’, saying it would be an “easier sell” than returning as Captain America. Evans and fans got their wish when he appeared in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ and shouted “Flame On!”

The moment became one of the film’s biggest crowd-pleasers. When the movie screened at San Diego Comic-Con in front of 7,000 MCU fans, the moments that drew the loudest cheers included Chris Evans’ cameo. The Human Torch’s comeback didn’t last long, though. Following Storm’s death in the film, Deadpool quips, “Not my favorite Chris,” a reference to the “Hollywood Chrises” nickname.

Feige spoiling that cameo for Iman is diabolical work, I think he has to snipe himself now https://t.co/9mDs9kpeml

— Jack (-_•) (@captaincupkick) November 12, 2026

Vellani’s story fits with what Feige has said about secrecy in the past. Ahead of the film’s release, he admitted in an interview with Coming Soon that keeping secrets is very hard and almost impossible nowadays. He argued that preconceived notions about spoilers slide away once audiences are in a theater watching a film with a like-minded crowd.

Marvel even spoiled one of the film’s surprises itself. The final teaser for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ drew backlash for revealing Dafne Keen’s involvement just days before release, but Feige told Variety it was the right call because it worked in the trailer and meant Keen could attend the premiere.

A new trailer for ‘DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE’ has been released. https://t.co/pqObgfePrm

— X-Men Updates (@XMenUpdate) May 20, 2024

The timing of Vellani’s anecdote is interesting. Evans’ dual Marvel history has become a talking point again this week. While defending Robert Downey Jr.’s casting as Doctor Doom, Feige pointed out that fans did not make the same connection when Chris Evans debuted as Steve Rogers/Captain America, 4 years after playing Johnny Storm in ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’.

For Feige, Evans is proof that one actor can play 2 very different Marvel heroes without them being linked. Vellani’s story shows he was clearly excited to bring that version of Evans back for a fresh audience.

Vellani is keeping busy beyond Kamala Khan. She was cast in ‘Shiver’, her first non-Marvel acting role, in November 2024, joined ‘Mouse’ by April 2025, and in May 2026 was cast in ‘Suffering Is Optional’, her first leading role in a feature film.

Her obvious love for the MCU has won over plenty of fans, too. One viewer replying to the clip said they wouldn’t mind her picking up writing credits on Marvel projects while continuing to play Ms. Marvel. If Feige keeps using her as his test audience, she may already know more Marvel secrets than most.

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