We've just been reminded of Avengers: Doomsday's impressive 27-strong cast, but there is one shocking and glaring problem with the line-up.
has been the subject of some criticism aimed at representation and diversity, and most of this in the franchise’s early days was aimed at the lack of female heroes. While this has improved in recent years with projects includingVideos by ComicBook.
com. The Russo brothers’ upcoming MCU sequel will put Robert Downey Jr. front-and-center as Doctor Doom, but out of the 26 other returning Marvel actors confirmed for the movie, only five of them are women, compared to 21 male actors. This ratio is seriously shocking, and underlines a more expansive problem with the MCU that we can’t believe hasn’t been fixed by now.so far are Yelena Belova and Ava Starr’s Ghost of the New Avengers, Sue Storm’s Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four , Shuri’s Black Panther from Wakanda, and. These are some of Marvel’s most notable and powerful female heroes, so their returns are very exciting. Even so, the fact there’s only five women confirmed forThere are many, many more incredible female heroes in the MCU and alternate Marvel universe who also deserve a role infull cast hasn’t yet been revealed, so there’s still a chance more women can be involved, but it’s a shame we don’t know about them yet and Marvel thinks it’s okay to have us believe only five major female heroes will be involved. Among the female heroes ignored from the first cast announcement are the likes of, while Hope van Dyne’s future as the Wasp has also been put into jeopardy by Evangeline Lilly’s recent retirement from acting. Tessa Thompson, Danai Gurira, Florence Kasumba, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sophia Di Martino, May Calamawy, Emilia Clarke, Hayley Atwell, Xochitl Gomez, Dominique Thorne, Kathryn Newton, Jaimie Alexander, Kathryn Hahn, Sasheer Zamata, Alaqua Cox, Krysten Ritter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Elizabeth Olsen, Laura Donnelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Gemma Chan, and many more women have all been omitted from7 Best ‘70s Horror Movies You’ve Probably Never SeenMarvel Star Tim Blake Nelson Talks On-Set Meltdowns & Industry Secrets That Inspired His Superhero Novel
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