July 23, 2019
Fans of the Marvel superhero movies, here is some very exciting news
for you. After the huge success of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Cinematic
Universe is all set to enthral audiences worldwide with a new set of
superheroes, which includes a deaf superhero.
Marvel Movies will soon be out with their next film, called The
Eternals. This film will feature the first ever deaf superhero.
Playing the part is actor and former Miss Deaf America, Lauren
Ridloff. Laura’s character is called Makkari, and her
super power is super speed. Laura, who is born deaf, is well-known for the TV
series The Walking Dead.
“It is good idea and I can’t wait to see the movie”, says Mervyn
Pereira, Co-founder, Deaf Entertainment, who calls himself a fan of
superhero movies.
The announcement has created lot of excitement and buzz among Marvel movie
fans as well as the disabled community. While traditional Hollywood often
gets the flak for not giving enough opportunities to disabled actors, the
superhero films have always celebrated differences The casting of Lauren
Ridloff as Marvel’s first deaf superhero is being seen as a major step
towards inclusion.
Pradeep More, a deaf leader from
Maharashtra , believes such portrayals by popular movies
play a major role towards greater acceptance and awareness of deaf people.
“It’s a very good start and hope this will encourage more people to give
opportunities to deaf people in every sector.”
The Eternals is based on comic characters in comic books published by
Marvel Comics. These superheroes are from an immortal alien race
who protect the earth from the attack of the villainous
Deviants.
When I saw Avengers The End Game I was so heartbroken because Iron Man
passed away and also Black Widow. My Ma said she is also sad but we can’t
do anything. I follow Marvel on my Instagram and I am very excited about
the movies going to release and I am going to wait patiently. The Eternals
is releasing on 6 November 2020, Thor Love and Thunder is releasing on 5
November 2021, Dr Strange is releasing on 7 May 2021 and others also. Black
Widow also. There is going to be a female Ironman but I will miss the old
Ironman always. – Pranav Bakhshi, India’s first model with
autism
Pranav’s mother Anupama is equally excited. “I am pinching
myself. Besides the world of modelling where Pranav instinctively belongs,
his ‘Marvellous World’ is also showing amazing inclusion. There have been
characters on the autism spectrum, instinctively Pranav’s favourites and
now Makkari in The Eternals played by the born deaf Lauren. Great things
happening. I wish to pinch myself again, when in the Indian contexts people
with autism are allowed to play themselves.”
Lauren will be playing the lead along with prominent stars like
Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani/strong> and
Salma Hayek.
Source: https://newzhook.com/story/marvels-next-movie-has-a-deaf-superhero-disability-inclusion
