It looks like someone has included women in the sequel after all.
Deadline reports Renée Elise Goldsberry, best known for her Tony Awardwinning performance as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, has been cast at Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney + show She-Hulk Tatiana Maslany stars like the title character, a lawyer with powers similar to that of Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo, who will appear on the show). Goldsberry will play a character called Amelia, which could be Marvel Comics character Amelia Hopkins, but that’s unclear.
And, as the headline says, this casting makes Goldsberry the first original Hamilton star to land a role in the MCU. Others, including maker Lin-Manuel Miranda has worked with Disney before, but no one has appeared in the MCU yet. Until now.
Between Hamilton and She-HulkHowever, Goldsberry has been incredibly active on the screen. Recently she appeared on CBS ‘ Mischief, From Netflix Altered carbon, NBCs Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and in movies like Eli Roth’s The house with a clock in the walls and the critically acclaimed Waves, to name a few.
She-Hulk is directed by Kat Coiro and Anu Valia with Jessica Gao on showrunner and lead writer. It doesn’t have a premiere date yet, but sometime in 2022 seems like a reasonable bet.
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