Marvel Studios President and Marvel Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige lauds the diversity the company brings to its films -- in the characters it presents, in the stories it tells and in the way its actors and directors shape those stories.
As Marvel readies the March 19 launch of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier on Disney+ following a successful nine-episode run of WandaVision, Feige told Variety that such diversity in the Marvel Universe ought to be typical in Hollywood as well, both on-screen and behind the scenes.
"We're lucky that we have the comics to guide us," Feige said. "They have been relatively progressive over the decades for their time. The character lineup allows us — we’re not creating full-cloth any of our characters, they've been in the comics for years — and we're finally able to tell those stories. Looking at the remarkably positive experiences we've had making sure that the room where it happens is not a room full of people that all look the same. When that's not the case, when there are people from various backgrounds and genders, stories are better. Being at a company for 20 years and having released 23 movies, it is always been, 'How do you keep things fresh and surprising on a story level?'"
"When you're doing a story about a female lawyer who is giant and green [She-Hulk], or a Muslim teenager with superpowers in Jersey City [Ms. Marvel], or working with filmmakers and writers of color as we are — it's so prevalent and so much a part of who we are and what we do now, that it doesn’t seem abnormal," he continued. "It's no longer a headline. A woman is directing something! Wow! I hope this will become the norm to the extent that this is no longer a rarity."
Source: Variety