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Marvel Updates Avengers: Endgame Poster After Leaving Out Danai Gurira's Name
How did they forget to include her name?? She was literally ON the poster!!
So earlier today, Marvel Studios released the highly-anticipated full trailer and poster for their upcoming release Avengers: Endgame, and while the internet is literally buzzing with excitement about it, a lot of MCU fans noticed one thing about the poster that isn't cool: actress Danai Gurira's name was completely left out of it.
Yup, of all the actors featured on the poster, Gurira (who played the badass General Okoye in 2018's Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War) was the only one not mentioned in the list of stars.
Considering all the valid criticisms from the past few years about the lack of diversity in Marvel films, omitting the name of one of the MCU's very few Black actresses from a poster for what is going to be one of the year's biggest movies is NOT a good look. And people weren't happy about it.
\u201cBLACK PANTHER star Danai Gurira is the only actor pictured whose name isn\u2019t billed at the top. Her image is larger than some actors who do get that billing. The only one from the franchise\u2019s best and most profitable movie, and yet? @MarvelStudios, this isn\u2019t difficult. Fix this.\u201d— Jamil Smith \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0643\u0631\u064a\u0645 (@Jamil Smith \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0643\u0631\u064a\u0645) 1552575591
None— Ben Gone (@Ben Gone) 1552587135
\u201cYou got to have a meeting with your photoshop team. Danai Gurira isn't credited on top lol\u201d— Von Don (@Von Don) 1552567967
None— molly (COVID 19+ era) (@molly (COVID 19+ era)) 1552589544
\u201cmarvel stans all come together to defeat thanos and whoever left danai\u2019s name off of the top of the poster\u201d— ricky (@ricky) 1552588382
\u201cSuper cool to see Danai Gurira on this poster (Okoye) but why feature her on the poster and leave her name off of it? I know she's a more minor character but if she's big enough to be on there, so should her name. Disney should reissue it with a fix. #AvengersEndgame\u201d— Erik 'daibo' Kain (@Erik 'daibo' Kain) 1552588210
None— cyn. \ud83d\udc9b (@cyn. \ud83d\udc9b) 1552604222
None— Phillip Mitchell (@Phillip Mitchell) 1552671920
\u201cOdd to not see Danai Guirira's name on this poster. Made room for every actor but her. #AvengersEndgame\u201d— Black Girl Nerds (@Black Girl Nerds) 1552571627
Luckily, Marvel realized this, learned the error of their ways, and quickly fixed the issue with the poster.
\u201cShe should have been up there all this time. Check out the official Marvel Studios' #AvengersEndgame poster. @DanaiGurira #WakandaForever\u201d— Marvel Studios (@Marvel Studios) 1552592351
Don't let it happen again, Marvel!
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
