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Our pick for most infamous cameo of the last year happened on Disney’s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law. None other than rap star Megan Thee Stallion, dropped by the Marvel show, playing a version of herself and twerking at the end of an episode. She only had a couple of lines, but it was hard to deny Megan’s natural on-screen charisma—even if it may have taken us out of whatever sense of reality She-Hulk was trying to create in the first place.
Thankfully, the movie and television gods paid attention to that delightfully strange guest spot, because Megan Thee Stallion is back in not one, but two different projects this year—and this time, they’re fully realized roles. Remarkably, both receive a wide release on the same day: A24’s outlandish Dicks: The Musical, and Season 7 of Netflix’s Big Mouth. Both of these projects wisely use Megan’s star persona and musical genius while giving us something fresh. And thankfully, both confirm what She-Hulk hinted at: Megan Thee Stallion is a comedy star.
In Dicks: The Musical, Megan plays Gloria Masters, the money-obsessed executive running the company that main characters, twins Trevor (Aaron Jackson) and Craig (Josh Sharp) work at as salesmen. Though she appears in just a couple of scenes, Gloria makes it clear that she’s ruthless and intense from the get-go. She pits Trevor and Craig against each other in pursuit of the almighty dollar, eventually firing them both. She’s the closest thing in the film to a full-on villain.