Evangeline Lilly slams the layoffs of artists who brought Marvel Universe to life

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Evangeline Lilly slams the layoffs of artists who brought Marvel Universe to life

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Writer: Heidi Hsia

The very people who built the Marvel Universe are now laid off

4 May - Evangeline Lilly has recently slammed Disney for laying off around 1,000 jobs which include the jobs of its visual development team, including veteran visual artist Andy Park, whom she has called a good friend since working together on Marvel's "Ant-Man".

The actress, who also shared a social media post about the massive layoff, saying that she decided to fact-check the post by contacting Park, saying, "I reached out to my good friend Andy Park, who was the genius behind creating the original Wasp super-suit and the original Wasp concept drawings for the film Ant-Man and the Wasp, and just said, 'Is this true? Is this really what's happening?' And he said, 'Yeah, it's true. I have been let go.'"

Shaking her head, Lilly said, "I can't quite believe that, that Disney has let go of the artists who brought the Marvel Universe to life through their imagination and their genius... that the people who invented these characters, who designed them in the first place, are now being replaced by AI."

The actress urges fans to show their appreciation

In the caption, the actress wrote, "Where are the laws that REMOVE all human art from the AI bank?!? Why do they get to steal our brilliance and use it to make executives rich while the artists responsible for feeding their robots go hungry?? Disgusting. California lawmakers...where are you?!?!?"

"To the @marvelstudios artists who designed and brought to life the glory days of Marvel...I salute you. I was there. I know what you did. I know how passionately you worked round the clock to make magic happen. You are the magicians, no matter what the Wizards of our new Oz make it look like going forward. I will never forget."

She also shamed Disney for turning their back against the people who helped them built the empire, saying that such action is disgusting and horrible.

"Fans, please share the love with @andyparkart Tell him how much his art has meant to you over the years. He was responsible for designing SO many of your fav @marvelstudios characters," she added.

Many took to the comments to thank the actress for speaking out for the team.