Alaqua Cox Archives

To build the credibility of the crime-drama in Marvel Studios' Echo, the series recruited Better Call Saul writer Marion Dayre as writer-producer to tell Maya Lopez's (Alaqua Cox's) story of redemption in her Oklahoma hometown while facing the inevitable reprisal from her mentor Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio), aka The Kingpin as Disney+'s first TV-MA series[...]

It's embarrassing when anyone has to justify someone's existence, especially for Devery Jacobs, who's emerged coincidentally in back-to-back Marvel projects voicing the indigenous hero Kahhori on the animated anthology series Marvel's What If …? and Bonnie, a cousin of the title character Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox), in the live-action series Echo Ignorant racists online apparently[...]

Trying to tell the story of Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) in the five-episode miniseries Echo was one hell of a tall task for director Sydney Freeland and writer Amy Rardin as the main character is trying to carve her way to a path of redemption, trying to mend past wounds with estranged members of her[...]

As Disney+ first original TV-MA TV series, there were some lofty expectations for Echo and that's a lot of pressure to put on star Alaqua Cox, who plays the title character, and her alter ego Maya Lopez The build-up to make her character fully realized becomes something of an excruciating exercise, like the way the[...]

Alaqua Cox was provided a unique opportunity when she was offered to star in the Marvel Studios' Echo, not only a chance to front a superhero TV series that operates as a spinoff of Hawkeye but also to provide a major voice in the Indigenous and deaf communities, both underrepresented in Hollywood as Maya Lopez[...]

Echo is walking right over the line of making a focal character you don't want to root for. (Right): Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in Marvel Studios' Echo, releasing on Hulu and Disney+ Photo by Chuck Zlotnick ©Marvel Studios 2023 All Rights Reserved. Solid Direction, Acting, And Stuntwork Can Only Help So Much So when you're left wondering[...]

Instead, they went in writing a show based on the performance of Alaqua Cox and ended up at TV-MA naturally. (L-R): Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin and Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in Marvel Studios' ECHO, releasing on Hulu and Disney+ Photo by Chuck Zlotnick © 2023 MARVEL. "Well, I think Marvel is at its best when[...]

Marvel has been pretty upfront that Echo was not a show they planned on making, but Alaqua Cox came in for Hawkeye and convinced everyone otherwise It spoke volumes about Cox as a talent that they were willing to hand her an entire show after a supporting role on one show, but this studio does have[...]

Both stars return in Echo before their upcoming Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again – and Echo director Sydney Freeland is teasing how the fight between Echo/Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) and Daredevil will help mold her character. Image: Marvel Studios Screencap Echo: How Maya Lopez & Daredevil's Fight Shapes Her "I think everything stems from the story and the[...]

No one can say enough about the leaps and bounds Disney and Marvel Studios are making to provide a broad spectrum of representation, especially the breakout success of Alaqua Cox and her character Echo – who never let any physical challenge take away her powerful presence on screen since making her character's live-action debut in[...]

Bert & Bertie are the director duo tasked with helping to introduce the character of the deaf superhero Echo, played by Alaqua Cox, into the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the Disney+ series Hawkeye Echo, also known as Maya Lopez, communicates via ASL (American Sign Language) with Kazi (Fra Fee) and is trained hand-to-hand combat from[...]

The spotlight continued shining on Maya Lopez aka Echo (Alaqua Cox) on Monday Only hours after receiving character profile key art honors alongside The Tracksuit Mafia member Kazimierz "Kazi" Kazimierczak (Fra Fee), Marvel Studios and Disney+'s Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton) & Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop)-starring Hawkeye also offered a look at the impact the character has[...]

In last week's episode of Marvel Studios and Disney+'s Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton) & Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop)-starring Hawkeye, Clint & Kate found themselves the "captive audience" of The Tracksuit Mafia's (Fra Fee, Aleks Paunovic & Piotr Adamczyk) big boss Maya Lopez aka Echo (Alaqua Cox), a deaf Native American who is capable of perfectly copying[...]

One person in particular who liked what he saw was Maya Lopez aka Echo co-creator & renowned artist David Mack, who took to Instagram to express the pride and excitement he's feeling in seeing Alaqua Cox bring the character to life Echo) is a deaf Native American who is capable of perfectly copying another person's movements,[...]

As understandably excited as folks are for November to roll around bringing with it Disney+ and Marvel Studios' Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop) and Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton)-starring Hawkeye, we actually have a very cool update on a potential spinoff from the series focused on Alaqua Cox's deaf and indigenous superhero Maya Lopez aka Echo, who is[...]

Now we're hearing more from Echo co-creator and renowned artist David Mack regarding Alaqua Cox's portrayal of the deaf and indigenous superhero Maya Lopez aka Echo as buzz continues to grow over the character receiving a spinoff series Taking to Instagram, Mack now only shared his thoughts on those developments but also on other characters both[...]

Taking to Instagram, Echo co-creator and renowned artist David Mack shared the words and images from creator, activist, and designer Amber Gunn Gauthier that expressed pride in having Alaqua Cox playing the first Native Superhero in a series, Maya Lopez aka Echo- while adding some additional thoughts of his own. Image: Marvel "Can you believe my ECHO character[...]

The series would focus on Alaqua Cox's Maya Lopez aka Echo, a deaf Native American who is capable of perfectly copying another person's movements, making her a formidable fighter Etan Cohen and Emily Cohen are expected to write and executive produce, with a writers' room recently being assembled and Marvel Studios set to produce Marvel[...]