'Wonder Man' actor says Marvel 'optics' obvious after Black-led project cuts
"Wonder Man" actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says he understands how it looks that two of Marvel's Black-led superhero projects hit dead ends within a day of each other this summer: "I think the optics are obvious. If I'm a big business, if I'm Disney, if I'm Marvel, I don't want to be attached to these optics."
TL;DR
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, star of "Wonder Man," addressed the cancellation of two Marvel projects with Black leads.
- He stated that the optics of these cancellations occurring close together are "obvious."
- Abdul-Mateen II suggested that a business like Disney or Marvel would want to avoid being associated with such optics.