Source:
Jesse
Grant
/
Getty
Tonight
marks
the
beginning
of
a
new
era
in
the
Marvel
Cinematic
Universe.
Maya
Lopez,
who
goes
by
the
alias
Echo,
is
expanding
upon
the
relentless,
a**-kicking,
take-no-s**t
character
who
we
first
met
in
the
MCU
series
Hawkeye
as
the
star
of
her
very
own
nominal
series
ECHO that
premieres
tonight
on
Disney
Plus!
Source:
Jesse
Grant
/
Getty
It’s
been
almost
exactly
a
year
since
Marvel
fans
watched
Maya
go
toe-to-toe
with
Clint
Barton
(Hawkeye)
and
her
larger-than-life
mentor
and
father
figure
Kingpin
and
after
the
release
of
the
gritty
trailer,
we
have
been
very
excited
to
see
how
Echo
has
developed
and
what
her
solo
storyline
entails.
Source:
Jesse
Grant
/
Getty
A
few
weeks
ago,
GlobalGrind
editor
Jason
“Jah”
Lee
had
the
privilege
of
watching
the
first
three
episodes
of
the
5-episode
series
before
exclusive
interviews
with
lead
actress
Alaqua
Cox
(Echo/Maya
Lopez),
co-stars
Chaske
Spencer
and
Devery
Jacobs,
in
addition
to
series
director
Sydney
Freeland,
and
executive
producer
Richie
Palmer.
Each
interview
provided
insight
into
the
Echo
ethos
and
how
Native
American
culture
was
infused
into
the
storytelling
to
provide
viewers
with
a
true
understanding
of
the
character
and
her
world.
Before
we
talked
about
the
show
itself,
we
had
to
ask
Alaqua
how
she was
feeling
on
the
eve
of
the
premiere
especially
considering
that
her
role
in
Hawkeye
was
the
very
first
time
she
had
ever
acted
on
screen.
“Yeah,
it
just
feels
so
crazy
and
surreal.
There’s
a
lot
of
words
to
describe
it
but
it’s
like,
what’s
going
to
happen
to
me?
What
did
I
do
to
deserve
this?
I’m
very
proud
of
the
show
and
the
[indigenous]
representation
and
that
we
are
showing
it
in
the
right
way.”
When
asked
about
the
opening
scene
to
the
show
that
features
gripping
images
of
a
Native
American
ritual
Alaqua
signed,
“I
loved
how
they
included
a
lot
of
the
Choctaw
and
indigenous
history.
It
was
so
beautiful
because
the
ancestors
play
such
an
important
role
in
our
indigenous
community
and
culture.”
Check
out
the
rest
of
what
Alaqua
had
to
say
about
her
ECHO
role
in
the
video
above.
ECHO
premieres
tonight
on
Disney
Plus
at
6pm
PST/9pm
EST.
