We recently got word that long-time Marvel Studios President of Physical, Post Production, VFX and Animation, Victoria Alonso, had been fired from her position after 17 years with the company, and more details on the situation continue to emerge.
Last week, THR reported that Disney ultimately released Alonso for breach of contract, due to her work on the Oscar-nominated feature Argentina, 1985. However, Alonso's attorney, Patty Glaser, refuted this explanation with the following statement.
“Victoria, a gay Latina who had the courage to criticize Disney, was silenced. Then she was terminated when she refused to do something she believed was reprehensible.”
Now, the trade claims to have uncovered what this "reprehensible" request was.
It seems Marvel executives wanted an editor to blur a storefront window in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania that featured rainbow decorations and the word “Pride” for the cut of the threequel that was to be released in Kuwait, where restrictive anti-LGBTQ laws are in place.
Alonso reportedly refused to make the edit as part of her duties overseeing visual effects and post-production, forcing Marvel to go to an outside vendor.
THR doesn't suggest that this clash directly led to Alonso's dismissal, but her attorney's statement would seem to indicate that she is under the firm belief that it did.
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