HAWKEYE Directors Explain Echo's Superpower In The MCU As New Featurette Is Released By Disney+

HAWKEYE Directors Explain Echo's Superpower In The MCU As New Featurette Is Released By Disney+

Hawkeye directors Bert and Bertie have addressed how Echo's disabilities actually empower the character, while a new featurette from Marvel Studios puts the spotlight squarely on Maya Lopez's debut...

By JoshWilding - Dec 07, 2021 06:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Hawkeye
Source: TV Line

The final few moments of Hawkeye's second episode introduced us to Alaqua Cox's Maya Lopez, with the third instalment - appropriately titled "Echoes" - revealing the extent of her relationship with the Tracksuit Mafia. As the leader of that group, Maya is clearly reporting to someone much higher up the food chain (a Kingpin of Crime, perhaps), but she's certainly formidable in her own right.

Talking to TV Line, directing duo Bert and Bertie - who have been tasked with helming episodes 3, 4, and 5 - explained how Echo finds power in being both deaf and an amputee. 

"That’s her superpower," the filmmaker said. "Everything that she’s learned in life comes from what we see as a disability but that’s the reason she kicks ass." In the comic books, Maya doesn't have a prosthetic leg, but hiding that was never an option for Bert and Bertie. "It was like, ‘Oh, that can actually add to the superhuman nature of [Maya].’ She’s a hero. Alaqua is a real-life hero, and what she’s overcome in her life is really mirrored in Maya’s story."

As for what drives Echo in this series, they add: "It all became about revenge for her father’s death. "She spent her life driven by that moment when she loses him."

Marvel Studios has also released a new featurette putting the spotlight on Maya Lopez's MCU debut:
 

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dragon316
dragon316 - 12/7/2021, 6:19 AM
Interesting show more of her leg do t hide it in costumer I will see series after finale episode
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/7/2021, 6:20 AM
Pretty much like Daredevil
odinson40
odinson40 - 12/7/2021, 2:08 PM
@TheWalkingCuban - no, Daredevil actually have Superhuman senses, and echolocation radar, in this series echo its just a regular human being that can fight with a prosthetic leg and is deaf.
Nunyabiz
Nunyabiz - 12/7/2021, 6:25 AM
So she has no power then? Uses her “disabilities” as a power?
Origame
Origame - 12/7/2021, 6:31 AM
So far I'm really not impressed with echo yet. Her story here is just "she's disabled but overcame it, oh BTW her father died", and alaqua isn't bringing much to elevate it beyond that. Don't get me wrong, it's cool they got someone who's both deaf and an amputee in real life, but with all the other great characters and performances, this one definitely stands out as a weak spot.

Granted it's just one episode, but it's still not a good first impression. Especially since this is the character getting her own show.
Supercat6376
Supercat6376 - 12/7/2021, 6:34 AM
I got a Netflix iron fist cheese vibe when they first showed her.
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 12/7/2021, 6:50 AM
Alot like DD. Their Disability is their superpower.
odinson40
odinson40 - 12/7/2021, 2:10 PM
@HydraB0b - no, Daredevil actually have Superhuman senses, and echolocation radar, in this series echo its just a regular human being that can fight with a prosthetic leg and is deaf.
YonnyLayna
YonnyLayna - 12/7/2021, 7:56 AM
That doesn't explain anything.
AgentSmith
AgentSmith - 12/7/2021, 9:01 AM
I'm just going to say this here - not sure why here and now, but feel compelled to say I love this show. Its quickly becoming my favorite of the streaming series. I think I attribute it to Jeremey Renner. What I am latching on too, and what he sells so wonderfully well, is he is obviously tired. He is done with that life. He wants to be with his family, but there is a morale about him that he just can't ignore. And the conflicted aspect of his personality I totally resonate with. Its so good and like I said, he sells it so well! Nothing to do with this article, but there it is!
LSHF
LSHF - 12/7/2021, 9:06 AM
@AgentSmith - I'm glad you stated that. And it's Hawkeye related, so why not state it here? I feel the same.
BecauseICare
BecauseICare - 12/7/2021, 10:03 AM
I will say this: Although I love this show, Echo's story really didn't resonate with me. When I saw why she was on the path she's on (saw her father die at the hands of Ronin and now she wants revenge at all costs) I literally cringed. I was like, "this is SO TROPEY!" I know it's based off a comic book. And "you killed my father so I must have my revenge" is a trope as old as time in comics. But man it's lazy. REALLY lazy. I wish her motivation was something more interesting.
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 12/7/2021, 11:19 AM
So like Shang Chi, she has no superpowers.
odinson40
odinson40 - 12/7/2021, 2:29 PM
@IronMan616 - shang chi is the best mcu fighter, and have the ten rings powers
odinson40
odinson40 - 12/7/2021, 2:04 PM
That’s her superpower," thats not a superpower,she's is just a regular human being that can fight with a prosthetic leg.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/7/2021, 2:20 PM
@odinson40 -
JDL
JDL - 12/7/2021, 2:25 PM
Wow. I gotta say the non love expressed here surprises me. I thought the actress was very OK but the lack of a voice takes away a lot.

Frankly her back story hooked me and the guy playing her dad was excellent. YMMV.
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