Iman Vellani Asks Ruaridh Mollica About the Young Avengers, and He Answers Like a True Fan
Ever since ‘WandaVision’ introduced Wanda and Vision’s twin boys, Marvel fans have been waiting for the MCU’s Young Avengers to come together. ‘VisionQuest’ brought that team a step closer by introducing its final major piece: Ruaridh Mollica as the grown-up Tommy Maximoff, the speedster known as Speed in the comics.
The Scottish-Italian actor’s casting was confirmed at New York Comic Con 2025, after Deadline had first reported him as playing a character named Tucker. He took over the role from Jett Klyne, who played young Tommy in ‘WandaVision’ and ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’. In ‘VisionQuest’, Tommy’s soul lives in the body of a young man named Thomas Shepherd.
With the series now over, one of the MCU’s biggest Young Avengers fans has put Mollica on the spot. In a video interview, Iman Vellani, the MCU’s Ms. Marvel, asked him whether the words “Young” and “Avengers” meant anything to him. Mollica replied that they represent a dream he would love to see come true.
The question means a lot coming from Vellani. At the end of ‘The Marvels’, her Kamala Khan visited Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop in a scene that clearly set up the Young Avengers, and Vellani told TheWrap she considered it an honor to help introduce the team.
She has also been open about the team’s slow progress. On the Revenge of Podcast, Vellani joked that she personally prefers the Champions and that none of them would still be young by the time Marvel finally gets around to it.
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— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) October 1, 2026
‘VisionQuest’ finally delivered the brotherly reunion fans had been waiting for. The finale, titled “Forever,” brought Mollica’s Tommy together with Joe Locke’s Billy Maximoff, the young sorcerer who took on the Wiccan identity in ‘Agatha All Along’.
It was a fun reunion offscreen, too, since Locke and Mollica previously played love interests on the West End stage in ‘Clarkston’. Now they’re brothers in the MCU’s most magical family. According to Screen Rant, the series’ trailers also showed off Tommy’s super speed. That officially brings both halves of the comic book duo to screen.
Mollica revealed one big near-miss to Screen Rant. Tommy was supposed to debut his Speed costume in the finale, but showrunner Terry Matalas couldn’t find a natural way for the character to simply appear in it.
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The actor also spoke about Tommy’s sexuality, which the series didn’t fully explore. Speed is bisexual in the comics, and Mollica, who is openly bisexual himself, said he hopes the show will explore it in the future.
Naturally, fans want to know what comes next for Tommy. When Screen Rant asked whether Speed could join the ensemble of ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’, Mollica laughed and answered, “No comment!” in the outlet’s finale interview.
He did say he would be fully on board for a ‘Young Avengers’ spinoff or a version of ‘The Children’s Crusade’, though he admitted he doesn’t know what Marvel has planned. ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ is currently scheduled for December 17, 2027.
Speed was created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung and first appeared in ‘Young Avengers’ #10 in 2006. He later joined the comic team alongside his brother Wiccan. Between Kamala, Kate, Billy, and now Tommy, the pieces of the MCU’s next-generation team are mostly in place. All that’s missing is the official green light, and Mollica’s answer suggests he’s just as eager for it as the fans are.
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