New Echo Photo Reveals First Look At Alaqua Cox In Hawkeye Spinoff

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Hawkeye helped introduce its fair share of new characters to the MCU, but only one of those will lead her own solo adventure next year. Marvel Studios has just confirmed with a new photo that Echo, starring Alaqua Cox, will come to Disney Plus in 2023.

Among Marvel Studios' incredibly large roster, Echo stands out due to both her hearing disability and her Native American descent, something that the studio definitely got right by casting Cox, herself a deaf Native American and amputee whose prosthetic leg showed up occasionally in the Hawkeye series. While typically a supporting character for Daredevil, Echo was temporarily one of the main antagonists in the Clint Barton spinoff before ultimately switching sides and facing the Kingpin in the show’s ambiguous ending.

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At the moment, the studio has disclosed very few details about the Echo series. However, it is now official that Echo will be part of a 2023 lineup that could also include Samuel L. Jackson's Secret Invasion, Ironheart, and Secret Wars. Although very little is still known, previous Marvel leaks suggest Echo could indeed be the next time audiences get to see Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock, a natural fit for the show, as well as the return of Vincent D'Onofrio in the MCU as Kingpin.

In Marvel Comics, Kingpin is known to survive what should be a fatal gunshot wound from his adoptive daughter Echo, though he does end up blind after the encounter, which is very much what was teased in Hawkeye's ending. Echo started filming in Georgia quite recently and is expected to be finalized come September. In the new photo, Cox seems to be sporting a slightly different look with a bit more