Marvel Studios everything is ready to go Threw outhis first project of 2024. It will be a series for Disney+, but it will be very different from those already released by the company. And this time it has received an R rating, which makes it only suitable for adults in the United States. This is due to the explicit violence contained in the action scenes of its episodes. Some sequences that required a lot of preparation, as its leading actress has explained, Alaqua Cox.
The interpreter attended along with the rest of the cast and crew of Threw out to the media in a virtual press conference attended by Hypertextual. In it, he delved into what her preparation was like for the most demanding moments of the series. “Luckily, I grew up playing different types of sports. Plus, I have an older brother who helped me be more athletic, because he is. We’re about a year and a half apart, so we used to fight growing up. So that made me more hard”, begins Cox. However, for the series his physical shape was not enough.
“When I got the role, I had a whole action training team. For five days a week I went to train and it was very hard. I learned a lot. Because although I grew up linked to the sport, there were not very specific action things, so “This training was a completely new world for me,” adds the actress. Her character, Maya Lopez, is a particularly exceptional woman in hand-to-hand combat. She is so skilled that she is even able to take on superheroes like Daredevilas has been seen in the previews of Threw out.
“I was able to learn choreography, punches, fights and all those specific movements. It was a lot of fun and also a great challenge. But that was the best part of the project. It was a fun adventure for me,” he says. Cox about. Unlike the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in Threw out the company will give special attention to its fight sequences. In them, the young woman must face enemies of all kinds in confrontations in which blood will flow without censorship and where the blows will hurt more than ever.
The return of the King
Cox will not be alone Threw out. Along with her, one of the most beloved characters in the entire world also returns. MCU. Is about kingpin, Wilson Fisk, the king of the mafia and the B-side of the streets of New York. The villain emerged in the already canceled series Daredevilof Netflix. Years later he returned in the marvelita franchise in Hawk Eye. But it was not until now that his actor, Vincent D’Onofrio, has finally truly reunited with the character and his Machiavellian tone. “I think with Threw outit is the first time since the series of Netflix I really feel like we’ve brought fisk to the history of Maya in the way in which it can best be represented,” acknowledges the interpreter.
“It’s very similar to how it was in the original series. And that’s always very exciting for me because it gives a more raw feeling. It’s a more emotional story between him and the character of Alaqua, Maya. And I think that type of tone is appropriate for my character to work well,” he says. D’Onofriohis kingpin He must be a villain set in an adult and macabre tone, especially from an emotional point of view. Something that takes him down a very different path than most of the antagonists of Marvel in recent years.
“In the end, my job is to serve the story. And so I have the opportunity to constantly evolve. Evolve backwards, forwards, wherever the story takes me. It’s what I like to do most. And I’m lucky to be able to earn life with it,” he qualifies in reference to the different versions of kingpin that he has interpreted. Furthermore, he indicates that the affection of the fans is one of his main driving forces. “It inspires you to do well. A lot of people ask me if I get nervous because the fans expect a lot from me. It doesn’t make me nervous at all. It just inspires me to do a good job,” she thanks.
Threw out and representation at Marvel
In recent years, Marvel has committed to showing an increasingly diverse spectrum of the population among its protagonists. And in Threw out It is the turn of the deaf community – as in Hawk Eye– and the Native American community. Maya It belongs to both, just like its actress. This is a fundamental element to understand the character’s history. “I am very proud to be able to represent a platform that elevates the voices of indigenous peoples. And obviously I am very excited,” she celebrates Cox.
“I think it’s great that we have people [indígenas] real chosen ones for these roles. This way we can show them on the screen with a more authentic representation. We are doing it correctly. That’s the most important thing,” says the interpreter. “For me, representation was not a ‘what if…’, it was always a necessity,” she adds. Sydney Freelanddirector of Threw out. For this reason, they counted directly on the Choctaw Nation, which Maya belongs.
“There were two crucial things. One was to ask the Choctaw Nation for permission to be represented. Because I feel like a lot of times what happens with Native and Indigenous stories is that people come and say, ‘Let’s tell you what story we’re going to tell you.’ to tell’. We wanted to take a different approach and we wanted to involve them,” reveals the filmmaker, happy to have received a positive response to that question.
“The second part was: ‘Can we create a dialogue?’ “We want to be able to listen, we want to be as authentic as possible in our representation of the Choctaw language, culture and experience. And that came from the Choctaw Nation,” he says freeland. “I think a lot of times people tend to mix all the Native American tribes and cultures into one big group, and that’s not the case. Every tribe is different, every language is different, every culture has its own unique specificities. I am Navajo and we are telling a Choctaw story. So for me it was absolutely necessary that we involve the Choctaw Nation,” his statement states.
Threw out It will premiere its five episodes on Disney+ on January 10 in Spain, the night of January 9 in Latin America.