# Marvel casts "New Warriors." Including Squirrel Girl! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959 "2017-07-10T23:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/1 "2017-07-10T23:07:30Z")
Story [here](http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/marvels-new-warriors-sets-its-cast-%e2%80%94-including-squirrel-girl-exclusive/ar-BBEa8IK?ocid=spartanntp). According to that link, _This Is Us_ actress (and AT&T employee Lily Adams)(and future **Superdude** “Girl Wonder,” unbeknownst to her) [Milana Vayntrub](https://www.google.com/search?q=milana+vayntrub&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS749US749&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjchdfk6P_UAhWR3oMKHfTvAEcQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770) has been tapped to play Squirrel Girl/Doreen Green in the new show. More casting news can be found [here](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/marvels-new-warriors-squirrel-girl-cast-milana-vayntrub-derek-theler-topline-freeform-comedy-1019588). ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/2 "2017-07-10T23:44:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Including Squirrel Girl! And suddenly my excitement for this increases 10-fold. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/3 "2017-07-10T23:52:37Z")
Really, was there any way they were going to _not_ have Squirrel Girl? Now all they need is some excuse to bring in She-Hulk, and they’ll have the permanent affection of all of the die-hard fans. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/4 "2017-07-11T01:38:50Z")
So, the original New Warriors comic is the comic that got me into collecting in the 90s, and I’m curious if the lack of Firestar anywhere in the MCU is because she’s a mutant, even though she is much more strongly associated with Spider-Man, the New Warriors or the Avengers. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/5 "2017-07-11T04:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Including Squirrel Girl! > [@tim314](#): > > And suddenly my excitement for this increases 10-fold. 😃 > [@](#): > > Milana Vayntrub has been tapped to play Squirrel Girl Make that twenty-fold. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/6 "2017-07-11T10:09:41Z")
Yeah, I think the thread title buries the lede. MVayntrub has her own fanboy following as the Cell Phone girl (?) in all those ads. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/7 "2017-07-11T14:07:03Z")
Definitely a solid choice for Squirrel Girl. She’s got the right body type and good comedic timing. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/8 "2017-07-11T15:29:35Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Definitely a solid choice for Squirrel Girl. She’s got the right body type and good comedic timing. Yes, excellent casting choice! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/9 "2017-07-11T15:30:43Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Yeah, I think the thread title buries the lede. MVayntrub has her own fanboy following as the Cell Phone girl (?) in all those ads. Which I’m sure will feature plenty of horrible puns on her finding their nuts ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/10 "2017-07-11T16:20:49Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Definitely a solid choice for Squirrel Girl. She’s got the right body type and good comedic timing. I think you can still watch Paul Feig’s web series Other Space somewhere. If you don’t fall in love with her watching that you are made of stone. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/11 "2017-07-11T16:44:22Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > So, the original New Warriors comic is the comic that got me into collecting in the 90s, and I’m curious if the lack of Firestar anywhere in the MCU is because she’s a mutant, even though she is much more strongly associated with Spider-Man, the New Warriors or the Avengers. I think it’s more likely that not enough people care about Firestar for them to bother. This show seems very heavily influenced by the New Warriors relaunch from right before Civil War (and ultimately led to the inciting incident of that story.) They are including MICROBE for christsakes. They have just added Squirrel Girl because she’s popular at the moment. If anyone hasn’t seen it, check out James Gunn’s first super hero movie “The Specials” since this show is shaping up to be a spiritual successor to that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/12 "2017-07-11T17:09:37Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I think you can still watch Paul Feig’s web series Other Space somewhere. If you don’t fall in love with her watching that you are made of stone. It’s on Yahoo of all places. In an attempt to remind people that they still exist, Yahoo decided to begin streaming original series. Their flagship was _Community_, which they produced a sixth season for after it was cancelled by NBC. They also produced some original series; _Burning Love_, _We Need Help_, _Sin City Saints_, and _Other Space_. But the streaming site didn’t make back the costs of the shows and was shut down. But the [episodes](https://www.yahoo.com/tv/other-space-episode-1-into-the-great-211801697.html) are still available. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/13 "2017-07-11T17:18:12Z")
Live action or animated? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/14 "2017-07-11T17:29:19Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > I think it’s more likely that not enough people care about Firestar for them to bother. I care. … I care! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/15 "2017-07-11T17:42:32Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I care. … I care! I do too, buddy. I do too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/16 "2017-07-11T19:11:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Live action or animated? 😕 Live action. [‘Marvel’s New Warriors’: Characters Unveiled For Freeform’s Live-Action Comedy Series](http://deadline.com/2017/04/marvels-new-warriors-characters-unveiled-freeform-series-1202072358/) ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/17 "2017-07-11T19:13:54Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > So, the original New Warriors comic is the comic that got me into collecting in the 90s, and I’m curious if the lack of Firestar anywhere in the MCU is because she’s a mutant, even though she is much more strongly associated with Spider-Man, the New Warriors or the Avengers. I believe Squirrel Girl is also originally a mutant. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/18 "2017-07-11T21:12:42Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I think you can still watch Paul Feig’s web series Other Space somewhere. If you don’t fall in love with her watching that you are made of stone. Yeah, when I only knew her from the AT&T ads she didn’t make that much of an impression on me. She was attractive and all, but as the “straight” character she didn’t really have much to do other than be friendly. By the end of the first episode of _Other Space_ I was crushing on her hard. Oh man, the episode where they lose power to the translators and she reverts to her native Uzbek … ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/19 "2017-07-11T23:27:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Really, was there any way they were going to _not_ have Squirrel Girl? Now all they need is some excuse to bring in She-Hulk, and they’ll have the permanent affection of all of the die-hard fans. I don’t know her comics. But I thought she basically was a built-in deus ex machina mixed with a noodle incident (since it always happened off panel). So I could see people thinking she wouldn’t work in a show. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959/20 "2017-07-12T02:03:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I don’t know her comics. But I thought she basically was a built-in deus ex machina mixed with a noodle incident (since it always happened off panel). > > So I could see people thinking she wouldn’t work in a show. She’s neither of those things. Her gimmick is that she consistently wins fights against people who should be well outside her weight class, but she does it on panel, and she uses previously established story elements or abilities to do it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-casts-new-warriors-including-squirrel-girl/790959.md?page=2)