When Marvel Studios announced an Echo TV show, fans were quite intrigued. Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) was introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Hawkeye series as a gangster working under Kingpin's empire. However, the MCU version of Maya focuses less on the muck and grime of street-level crime in New York City, at least for her own TV series.
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