Director Catriona McKenzie guides us through a thrilling fight sequence on Marvel’s Echo.
This article contains spoilers forEchoepisodes 1, 2, and 3.
The best fight scenes invite combatants to use their environment in novel, creative ways.
In other words: if a fight gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Indeed thats exactly what our antihero Maya Lopez a.k.a.
Echo (Alaqua Cox) does to some Kingpin goons in the thrilling third episode ofEcho.
Heres a native woman who is interfacing with a shoot-em-up Western game.
As such, she was a shrewd choice to helm one ofEchos most impactful installments.
Being able to bring all those resources to bear is just so awesome.
No one said no.
No one said stop, youre crazy.
So we just kept going.
Indeed, episode 3 serves as a sort of midpoint climax forEchos 5-episode first season.
For McKenzie, getting the location right for the fight was an all important first step.
[The roller rink] had been bought as a key location by production.
There were no sets, McKenzie says.
There was some structural stuff we had to shore up in the space.
Its an actual skate rink in Georgia.
We demolished part of it and had to check that it was engineered to not fall down.
Shes so athletic and she just got better and better.
We would design stunts that were easier for her to do but I was so proud of her.
After a stream of lukewarmly received television titles on Disney+, Marvel is trying something a little new withEcho.
All five episodes of Marvels Echo are available to stream on Disney+ now.
