Jessica Alba criticized Marvel movies in a recent interview UK charm, saying the franchise is still dominated by white actors. Alba is a veteran of the comic book genre and has starred in “Fantastic Four” (2005) and “Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer” (2007). Diversity was almost non-existent in superhero films when Alba appeared in her two films, “Fantastic Four.” While the genre has been more extensive lately, Alba said it’s still “more of the same” these days.
“Even if you look at the Marvel movies – that’s the biggest driver of the imagination and what’s happening right now in entertainment, because it’s kind of a family thing – it’s still quite Caucasian,” Alba said. “I’d say I was one of the few back in the day…and that was before Marvel was sold to Disney, but it’s still more of the same.”
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has made great strides toward diversification in recent years, most notably with the Academy Award-winning groundbreaking movie “Black Panther.” With the premiere of Disney+’s “Ms. Marvel,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe got its first on-screen Muslim superhero. “Shang-Chi” put an Asian American hero front and center, while the upcoming fourth movie “Captain America” will see Anthony Mackie taking over as the main character.
Alba continued, “I think more about the young people coming, who will be the leaders of the future, it is important for them to see the world on screen, or in stories, in the dreams that we make as artists; it reflects the world they are in.”
The actress has spoken in the past about how being a Mexican American limited her roles in Hollywood during the early 2000s. “They couldn’t figure out my ethnicity,” Alba said. PopSugar In 2017. “I’ve always been out for ‘Stranger Things.’ They were like, ‘You’re not Latina enough to play a Latina, and you’re not Caucasian enough to play the leading lady, so you’re going to be ‘Alien.'” Whatever that is.”
Alba has mostly stayed away from acting in recent years in order to lead her business, The Honest Company.
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