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Avengers star bashes Disney for ‘disgusting’ layoffs
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Avengers star bashes Disney for ‘disgusting’ layoffs

The Independent·Inga Parkel·about 1 month ago
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Leer en Español Evangeline Lilly has lambasted Disney over its recent layoffs, which impacted around 1,000 employees , including a significant portion of staff across Marvel’s film and TV production, comics, franchise, finance, legal and visual development teams. Lilly — who starred as Hope van Dyne/Wasp in the Paul Rudd-led Ant-Man trilogy and two Avengers films — spoke out against the entertainment conglomerate in an Instagram video shared Wednesday. Showing a social media clip about the layoffs, the Lost alum , 46, said she reached out to her “good friend,” Marvel Studios’ Director of Visual Development Andy Park, to confirm the rumors. She said Park confirmed the layoffs and that he was among those affected. “I can’t quite believe that — that Disney have let go of the artists who brought the current Marvel Universe to life through their genius and that the people who invented these characters and who designed them are being replaced by AI,” Lilly wrote.…

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