Marvel’s Echo is a special superhero with an amputated leg and hearing disability. The character of the superhero is played by the native American actor Alaqua Cox. The miniseries has already created a buzz in the industry with its gripping storyline and intense fight sequence. Recently, the showrunners of the miniseries were subjected to criticism after the number of episodes was reduced to five.
Fans took to social media and reacted to the reduction of the number of episodes with respect to the Alaqua Cox-led miniseries.
Echo’s Leaked Details Show The Original Plans Of The Miniseries Before Its Extensive Reshoots
Alaqua Cox’sEcho is making headlines. According to an update on X, previously known as Twitter, the Marvel miniseries was supposed to have six episodes instead of five. Fans took to X and criticized the showrunners for reducing the episode count to five. The Daredevil Updates page on X mentions-
A stunt resume seemingly confirms ‘ECHO’ was initially supposed to be 6 episodes.
A stunt resume seemingly confirms ‘ECHO’ was initially supposed to be 6 episodes.
An X user commented that generally all MCU shows and series are of six episodes, and Echo should’ve had the same episode count.
No surprise. Everyone knows that they cut a lot of content. And that whole "we made it so you can binge it in one sitting" is garbage they made up on the spot. All other Disney+ MCU shows are 6 episodes long, echo should've been too. They simply allocated resources elsewhere.
An Echo fan even mentioned enjoying the miniseries but the final episode felt like a rush. Check out more fan reactions to the miniseries’ reduced episode count below.
Should’ve been 6 or more. I enjoyed it but my biggest criticism with the show is the pacing and the final episode felt rushed
It was great but one more episode would have been prefect. The finale felt rushed. There should’ve been at least one more legit fight scene and a bit more reconciliation with her extended family. That and a joke recall of Biscuits explaining the car to grandma.
The fans have been waiting for Alaqua Cox’s Echo since 2023. The Marvel-backed miniseries was supposed to debut in 2023, but due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, the release date was shifted to January 2024.
Echo Showrunner Sydney Freeland Talks About Alaqua Cox’s Character Development In Echo
Sydney Freeland is the brain behind the out-of-the-box superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During an interview with ComicBook.com the Native American filmmaker spoke about the character development of Echo and even confirmed that she is an antagonist character in the series. She said-
“We wanted something that, again, if you’re coming off of Hawkeye, and you have to keep in mind she’s a villain. She’s a villain. And so tonally, we wanted to lean into that. I think in talking with the executives and our approach, and when building visual style, it was sort of like, ‘Oh yeah, lean into that, lean into that.’”
While talking g about the powers of Maya Lopez, she shared-
“Yeah, so her power in the comic books is that she can copy anything, any movement, any whatever. It’s kind of lame, I will say that is not her power [in the show] and I’ll just kind of leave it at that.”
Alaqua Cox as Echo
With reference to the stunt work and fight sequences, Sydney Freeland said in a Comicbook.cominterview-
“Yeah, I wish I could say I did all the stunt work. But seriously, I did do a lot of stunt training for in pre-production and that helped as well. Having a stunt double as well. She was great. But, they didn’t want me… The stunt coordinator didn’t want me to do all of the stunts. And I totally understand because we don’t want any injuries happening and holding up production. That would be tragic.”
Echo is currently available on Disney+ Check out the official trailer of Echo linked below.
