Q&A: Victoria Alonso on superheroes, multiverses and movies
06.05.2022 - 17:29
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Marvel’s cinematic juggernaut to ever-growing heights of success. With this week’s release of the “Doctor Strange” sequel, she is poised for another hit, and will fulfill a dream of debuting a superhero she’s wanted to see onscreen since she started at Marvel Studios.Alonso started at Marvel in 2006 co-producing “Iron Man,” the studio’s first film, which was released two years later.
Since then, she’s become one of Hollywood’s most powerful executives and her 25 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies — including the recent “Spider-Man” blockbuster— have grossed $23 billion worldwide at the box office.Adding to the list this week is “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” starring Benedict Cumberbatch — which continues to explore the notion of multiple realities and interconnected stories, in this case from “WandaVision” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. The film also introduces moviegoers for the first time to a young Latina superhero, America Chavez, played by Xochitl Gomez.Alonso, who last year was promoted to president of physical and post production, visual effects and animation production at Marvel Studios, spoke recently to The Associated Press from Miami about multiverses, superheroes, her work and the future of cinema.Remarks have been edited for brevity and clarity.———AP: If the possibilities for superhero movies seemed endless, the multiverse takes this notion to another level.
How far do you think the Marvel Cinematic Universe can go?ALONSO: For me, it has no limits. We have I think 6,000 characters in our library, so now that we have opened the door to the multiverse and the door to madness (laughs), nobody can stop us!AP: The mix of universes in the latest “Spider-Man” was exciting for the audience, especially
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