Echo star Alaqua Cox on the importance of representation as Marvel's first Native American lead, the Maya/Kingpin dynamic, and much more.
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HBO's The Last of Us delivers an action-packed episode that will please game fans, with powerful performances anchored by Johnson & Woodard.
Echo, also known as Maya Lopez, communicates via ASL (American Sign Language) with Kazi (Fra Fee) and is trained hand-to-hand combat from an early age, and becomes the leader of the Tracksuit Mafia Bert & Bertie spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about working with the Native American actor on how to effectively use ASL, how[...]
"Shoshannah Stern is an actress, a writer, a director, and she's an ASL consultant, so it means that she translates English into ASL in a creative way; obviously, that applies to the script," she said "If I ever saw any acting with any shows with a deaf person, my mom would be like, 'Hey look![...]
Sandra Mae Frank talks to Bleeding Cool about play mutliple roles, co-star Marlee Matlin, and learing to drive a moped in Multiverse.
(Okay, shameless plug, but this is amazing not only for representation, but it's a solid show, and not talked about nearly enough.)
What's particularly interesting about this is that it appears she will be communicating in her native American Sign Language (ASL) – and she won't be voicing (or simultaneously communicating) on camera, which would be[...]