Victoria Alonso, President, Physics and Post-Production, Visual Effects and Animation Production at Marvel Studios, and Executive Producer of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessrevealed that as a Latina hero who is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, it was incredibly personal to her to make sure the LGBTQ+ and Latinx communities are represented by this character.
“This character was important to me for many personal reasons, but also because it was important that we made an effort to have every child in this world represented in our universe, and she represents both the LGBTQ+ community and Latinx,” Alonso said in an interview by Christine Dinh for Marvel.com.
« [America] is a young Latina who is part of the LGBTQ+ community and has great power. Children want to see themselves represented,” Alonso said. “There’s this level of identity that becomes a big moment in a teenager’s life – seeing yourself; so as not to be invisible.
Xochitl Gomez embodies America
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Along with sharing why the character is personally important to her, the article covered casting Xochitl Gomez as America, who is a younger incarnation of the character in Multiverse of Madness than she is in any of her Marvel Comics appearances.
“We were thrilled to have found someone who could portray the character with a fresh take on who America Chavez could be, and who could stand tall alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong and Elizabeth Olsen,” Alonso told Marvel. com, referring to the fact that America’s introduction will see her stand alongside characters like former Sorcerer Supreme Stephen Strange, current Sorcerer Supreme Wong, and the mistress of Chaos Magic herself, Wanda Maximoff, the scarlet witch.
America is often associated with the best Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, in the comics. She is played by Hailee Steinfeld in the MCU, who debuted as the character in 2021 Hawk Eye on Disney+. The heroes appeared simultaneously in teams like the Young Avengers and the recent west coast avengers run from Marvel Comics in 2018 by 1 by Kelly Thompson, Stefano Caselli, Tríona Farrell, Joe Caramagna and Nolan Woodard.
Fans of America’s appearances on Marvel Comics panels need not fear: it looks like America’s defiant personality will shine through in Gomez’s portrayal of the character, with Alonso citing the young actress’ attitude as one of the reasons she was cast in the role. . “With Xochitl, there was a cheekiness about her,” Alonso said. “There was a twinkle in his eyes. We saw in her the challenge of America Chavez. »
Alonso concluded by stating how exciting it was to see the official hero join the franchise in the second strange doctor The film was released on Friday, May 6, 2022, saying, “I’m so happy to have her a part of the MCU family, and I know she’ll be a great addition.” »
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is directed by Sam Raimi, who makes his triumphant return to the Marvel Multiverse alongside composer Danny Elfman, who worked with Raimi on the first two and a half Tobey Maguire films Spider Man trilogy.
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Doctor Strange 2 Image sees Strange and Wong asking America Chavez for help
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