Marvel Exec talks about Chavez’s LGBTQ+ American identity

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness It’s finally coming to theaters next week, but the latest Marvel movie won’t be coming to a few countries. It was announced last week that the film was banned in Saudi Arabia and soon the same announcement followed in Egypt. It was revealed yesterday that the film includes 12 seconds of footage that Disney refused to remove referring to Chavez’s Mothers America. America, played by Xochitl Gomez, is a gay in the comics but no word on if she’ll ever come out Dr. Gharib sequel. However, in a new interview with Marvel.comGomez is joined by Marvel executive Victoria Alonso who talks about the character’s identity.

“It’s great for fans to see a young man in the middle of a big story like this, and know that the things that happen in our children’s lives are important because they shape who they will become when they grow up as adults,” Gomez shared. “It’s exciting that we hope to see more about how things play out for America in the future.”

“[America] He is a young Latino who belongs to the LGBTQ+ community, and has great strength,” Alonso adds. “Children want to see themselves represented. There is this level of identity that becomes a very important moment in a teenager’s life – to see himself; so that you are not invisible.”

However, Gomez adds that Doctor Strange in a multiverse of madness It’s not an American origin story, so it’s unclear how much of her life will be featured in the new movie. For now, Gomez comments, “America is living its best life.”

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Director Sam Raimi recently Empire Magazine About the role of Chavez in an important part of the film.

Al-Rimi explained that “the stranger is still learning about the multiverse.” “And this is a character that you can really travel through. He knows everything all the time, and he should learn from a child who is probably smart.”

Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), added, “There’s a lot of calculation. And a lot of self-discovery. An almost alienated stranger before this film unfolds and reveals, essentially, in its nature, that he must then either face or resist or fall or You become… there are some very daring ideas and some extraordinary tests of strange encounters, and there are some very unexpected conclusions.”

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse It hits theaters May 6.

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