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Reba McEntire wants to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Reba McEntire wants to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Take note, Kevin Feige: Reba McEntire wants to be in a Marvel movie.

The actress and The voice host stopped by SiriusXM Hits 1 to talk about her new sitcom Happy’s place and shared her dream role when host Ben Harlum asked.

“I would love to do a Marvel comic,” McEntire said. “I want to be a female Reba McEntire Power Ranger or something like that in a Marvel movie.” (Power Rangers belong to Hasbro, of course, but Marvel has published comic adaptations of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.)

“What would be your superpower?” Harlum asked.

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McEntire replied, “My superpower would be being able to talk to animals. Wouldn’t that be fun?”

“That would be good,” Harlum said, adding, “We need to get you into the Marvel Universe.”

McEntire may not be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe yet, but she’s expanding the Reba Cinematic Universe with her new NBC sitcom Happy’s place. The series stages a reunion between McEntire and her former Reba costar Melissa Peterman. McEntire stars as Bobbie, a woman who inherits her late father’s bar alongside a half-sister she never knew she had, while Peterman, who previously starred opposite McEntire as the bubbly and crazy Barbra Jean in Rebaplays a bartender named Gabby.

Melissa Peterman and Reba McEntire on ‘Happy’s Place’.

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Series creator Kevin Abbott, previously showrunner and executive producer Rebarecently revealed that the new sitcom initially came from a plan Reba revival. “We’ve been working on a reboot and we spent about a year on that,” Abbott told TVLine. “We had it completely worked out. I pitched it to all the old cast members, they were all on board. I pitched it to Disney, who own the rights to Rebaand they were on board.”

However, this was around the time of Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, “so there was a lot of uncertainty,” said Abbott, noting that the studio ultimately backed out. But it was then that McEntire suggested doing an entirely new show.

The RCU only continues to expand, as does another Reba reunion is on the horizon. Steve Howey, who played McEntire’s on-screen son-in-law Van Montgomery, will appear in an upcoming episode as a character named Danny, a wealthy business owner who meets Peterman’s Gabby at a dog park.