Marvel Star Hints at LGBTQ+ Representation in New Project
- Agatha All Along premieres on Disney+ on September 18.
- The series is a spinoff of WandaVision.
- Aubrey Plaza plays a green witch named Rio Vidal.
- The show features a potential queer romance within the coven.
- Plaza describes the series as a "gay explosion."
Superhero Agatha All Along is set to be the gayest Marvel project yet.
Aubrey Plaza on the spooky series' queerness: "That's what I signed up for."
By Alyssa Mercante
Published Tuesday 11:35 AM
Aubrey Plaza as Rio Vidal looks up
Image: Disney
Agatha All Along, the upcoming Disney series, is a spinoff of WandaVision, which itself was a spinoff of Marvel's Avengers movies.
The show premieres on September 18 on the streaming service.
The series follows Agatha, played by Kathryn Hahn, who is trying to restore her witch powers after losing a magical battle with Wanda Maximoff.
In her attempts to regain her abilities, Agatha creates her own coven of witches, featuring:
- Patti Lupone
- Aubrey Plaza
- Sasheer Zamata
- Debra Jo Rupp
During the red carpet premiere, it was revealed that there might be a queer romance within the coven.
Variety's red carpet correspondent, Marc Malkin, told Plaza he had heard that Agatha All Along was the gayest Marvel project yet.
"It better be, because that's what I signed up for," Plaza quipped after sassily rolling her neck.
In the show, Plaza plays a green witch named Rio Vidal, who has a history with Agatha.
The teaser trailer hints at some magic between the two.
Malkin described their chemistry as "Law And Order meets Basic Instinct meets Bound."
"You're speaking my language," Plaza responded. "All of that, yes. More, more, more."
Malkin then asked if the show gets gayer as it progresses, to which Plaza replied, "Yes darling, but I can't tell you how. I can't tell you anything. But yes, it will be a gay explosion."
Plaza is known for being playful in interviews, so she might be exaggerating the series' queerness, but fans are hopeful.
Witches have long been a persecuted group, often cast out from society for their otherness, similar to the LGBTQIA community.
Modern practicing witches see their craft as a reclamation of power, something the LGBTQIA community can appreciate.
Plus, Plaza and Hahn are both hilarious, talented women, so why not give us a little lesbian love affair between two of the funniest contemporary actors?
I'm incredibly here for it.
Agatha All Along's first two episodes premiere on Disney+ on September 18 at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.
Then, the series will release one episode per week until Halloween week, when the final two episodes will drop back-to-back.
It's spooky season, witches!
