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The director forMarvelStudios’Echohas defended the decision to alter the anti-hero’s origins story for her standalone TV series.
In the comics, Lopez is a Native American who originally hails from the Cheyenne Nation.
Echo’s Maya Lopez (pictured) is of Choctaw descent in her MCU TV series
No bad deed goes unpunished.
“And it was interesting to see this beautifully illustrated literature show her as Cheyenne and Blackfeet.
There was no rhyme or reason to their use or being lumped together [to represent Indigenous people].
Maya Lopez (right) is taken under the wing of Wilson Fisk (left) after her father’s death