Mabel Cadena proud to bring a new world to Marvel: “We need diversity of faces”

The famous Mexican actress Mabel’s chain confessed to being proud to participate in the new Marvel Studios film: ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ which will premiere at the cinema on November 11 and will reveal a new underwater world, where the participation of Mexican talents such as Tenoch Huerta and Josué Maychi.

On the red carpet of the Ariel Awards 2022, candidate Mabel Cadena talked a little about her participation in Marvel Studios like the intrepid Namora, who has already been featured in the first two trailers of the film and looks like a true warrior, which makes her feel proud of her work and her career.

I worked to be here, I have the skills and of course I will leave all the dignity of a Mexican woman, with a face like mine, in a superhero, it fills me with great happiness “.

In an interview with El Sol de México, actress Mabel Cadena said she was proud to enter the universe of Marvel Studios and explained that her participation and that of other Mexicans “It is important for representation and visibility”Arguing that there must be a diversity of faces in cinema because“ the struggle is not for one side or the other, it is to include a diversity of beings that we can inhabit in these universes ”.

In the comics, the underwater world in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda forever’has nothing to do with Mayan culture, but is the classic and mythological lost city of Atlantis, but to make Namor and NamoraMarvel has decided to represent some of Mexico’s historical past and, to do so, Mabel Cadena, Tenoch Huerta and Josué Maychi are at the forefront.

On the other hand, Cadena explains that working with Marvel Studios was very hard in terms of training to become a superhero: “We did physical training from Monday to Saturday, they gave us diving lessons, it was a 360 degree master class. degrees to prepare us, “and concludes by saying that fans” will be very happy with what they see “when this film hits the big screen in November.

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Who is Namora and what are her powers?

While Tenoch Huerta is poised to be Namor, the villain of “Black Panther Wakanda Forever”, famed Mexican actress Mabel Cadena has everything set to make her debut as the intrepid Namora, who in the comics is the cousin of this underwater anti-hero. and has similar powers, such as the ability to fly or superhuman strength and agility.

Similarly to Namor, she is a hybrid mutant with great strength and in the comics she also has a pair of wings on her ankles, although it seems that this particularity will be exclusive to the character of Huerta in the film, although we will have to wait for her to arrive at the cinema. November 11 to learn more about the Mexican actress’s participation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.