Lauren Ridloff's character, Makkari, is the first deaf superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
But one of the most empowering parts of the movie was Lauren Ridloff's portrayal of Makkari, the first ever deaf superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is something that makes the Walking Dead star proud.
In an interview with Variety, Ridloff shared a story about how she was the only one on the set who didn't need earplugs when shooting a scene where Makkari used her sonic boom to push a Deviant, so Makkari being Deaf was never a disability, but an important part of her and a superpower on its own.
She broke ground as Marvel's first deaf superhero in “Eternals,” but Hollywood has more work to do. The actress has some ideas. Born deaf to hearing parents, Lauren Ridloff was 8 years old when she saw Children of a Lesser God in theaters.
Makari is also the first Black Deaf female superhero to be portrayed in a major picture series on the silver screen.
Clint's years as a human avenger have taken a toll on his body, leaving him completely deaf in one ear and requiring a hearing aid in the other.
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Makkari was created deaf because her power is super speed, and she travels faster than sound.
After thousands of years apart, Druig and Makkari melt into each other with such envious ease that Ikaris and Sersi's reunion feels all the more stifled by comparison. The latter couple may get a ten-second missionary-sex scene on the beach, but when Keoghan's Druig says, “My beautiful, beautiful Makkari”?
Originally depicted as a white, hearing male in the Marvel comics, Makkari is a woman of color in Marvel's latest movie and is played by the actor Lauren Ridloff, who is deaf.
Verdict: Why The Flash Is Faster Than Makkari
The DCEU's Barry Allen is easily faster than the current comic incarnation of Makkari. Following her resurrection, Makkari's top speed is only about three times the speed of sound, which is hardly comparable to The Flash's reality-warping movement speeds.
As a deity of communication, Makkari is able to express her meaning through a typically underrepresented form of language that might not be “standard” but is still powerful and effective. Makkari's power is also super speed, which she uses to fight, defend, and even read faster.
Throughout various points in his Marvel Comic history, Clint Barton has either had partial hearing loss, lost around 80% of his hearing, or lost his hearing entirely. At one point in his comics history, Hawkeye was 80% deaf in the aftermath of a big battle.
Hawkeye and Mockingbird defeated Crossfire, but Barton suffered permanent hearing damage due to the ultrasounds and for a long time was forced to wear a hearing aid. Eventually, Franklin Richards would cure him of this injury when Clint was among heroes restored from an alternate reality.
By the end of the series he has become the Dreaming Celestial's prophet. Later when the Celestials' Final Host arrived on Earth, Makkari along with all the Eternals killed themselves after realizing the true purpose for which they were created.
Makkari. Makkari's name comes from Mercury, the Roman god of messengers and travelers. (If they had taken her name from the Greek version of the same god, it would be some form of "Hermes").
Both the half-amnesiac Ikaris and the scheming Sprite stated Makkari was more than 500,000 years old in Eternals (Vol. 3), which featured many short-lived retcons.
Lauren Ridloff's character, Makkari, is the first deaf superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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