With ‘Echo’, an indigenous heroine got her own Marvel series for the first time. Much more than in her MCU debut in ‘Hawkeye’, the spin-off now actually focuses on the roots of Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox). The deaf ex-underworld boss returns to her home in Oklahoma, where she must come to terms with her past and her origins.
The community she grew up in is made up primarily of the descendants of Choctaw natives – all of whom are played by actors who themselves have native roots. And some of them are not strangers.
Maya’s childhood friend Bonnie is played by ‘Reservation Dogs’ shooting star Devery Jacobs, while Chaske Spencer, known for the ‘Twilight’ films, plays her uncle Henry and Zahn McClarnon (‘Fargo’, ‘Westworld’) plays her late father William Can . being seen. And her grandparents are also real Hollywood veterans, which gives us a very special reunion…
Graham Greene and Tantoo Cardinal reunited
Take on the role of Maya’s grandmother Chula and her step-grandfather Skully in “Echo” Tantoo cardinal And Graham Greene, who have been regularly involved in Hollywood productions since the 80s – and, as in “Echo”, often in indigenous roles, most recently in “The Last Of Us” (Greene) or “Killers Of The Flower Moon” (Cardinal ). In fact, the two have worked on the same projects multiple times. And one of them showed it to us Cardinal and Greene were already a couple more than 34 years before their on-again, off-again relationship in “Echo.” We’re talking about Kevin Costner’s Western masterpiece”The one who dances with the wolf“.
The seven-time Oscar-winning 1990 epic stars Graham Greene in a key role as the Kicking Bird. The Sioux shaman befriends the American soldier John Dunbar, played by Kevin Costner himself, and thus plays a decisive role in reconsidering his attitude towards the natives. And when Dunbar falls in love with Kicking Bird’s white adopted daughter, he gives his blessing for marriage. Meanwhile, Tantoo Cardinal is in the cast as Black Scarf, Kicking Bird’s wife.