Victoria Alonso Out at Marvel, Knives Out, Lawyers Involved, Claims Hurled

For anyone who ever wondered why Disney is afraid to get rid of Kathleen Kennedy, wonder no more. The playbook is out in force as Victoria Alonso seeks revenge for Disney’s actions against her.

The House of Mouse is reeling as one of the “most powerful women in Hollywood” is scorned and angered over a dispute regarding her award-winning movie Argentina 1985. The movie was distributed by someone other than Disney and that already had Burbank very unhappy. But allegedly, she continued to breach her contractual obligations by promoting her pet project movie over Marvel films, even walking with the crew of Argentina 1985 over Black Panther Wakanda Forever at an awards show. Combined with her having spoken out against the former CEO of Disney and losing her company-given role of speaking to the press, Mrs. Alonso had a messy trip out the door.

And that doesn’t even begin to discuss the “mantle strategy” and directions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that she seems to have championed and subsequently failed.

The idea that Victoria was fired over a handful of press interviews relating to a personal passion project about human rights and democracy that was nominated for an Oscar and which she got Disney’s blessing to work on is absolutely ridiculous. Victoria, a gay Latina who had the courage to criticize Disney, was silenced. Then she was terminated when she refused to do something she believed was reprehensible. Disney and Marvel made a really poor decision that will have serious consequences. There is a lot more to this story and Victoria will be telling it shortly—in one forum or another.

— Patty Glaser, Attorney for BOTH Victoria Alonso and Karyn McCarthy

In addition to her possible connections with former Argentinian governments, Mrs. Alonso has been quite the firebrand at Marvel and within Disney. Although she is often soft-spoken in English, when she discusses issues in Spanish, her more “brazen” side is easily visible.

Check out these translated interview responses from a Spanish-only chat she had in 2019. Compare it to what you’ve heard from her in English in the past:

My career is entered with good vibes, with the determination to arrive –even if they did not invite me– to a place that very few women have ever entered.

I’m coming; if they kick me out, they kick me out. I prefer that you invite me, but I understand that I have to be there, and so I’ll go even if they don’t invite me… Of course, sometimes my presence could threaten the status quo of what things “have” to be. Personally, it’s easy for me to show up there and ask: “Tell me why you didn’t invite me.” That is why conversation is what creates change.

— Infobae

For many who have worked around Alonso, she has been seen as an extremist in many regards. Yet her status as a Hispanic lesbian woman in a high-powered executive role may have protected her from more scrutiny. That seems to have changed with the repeated contract breaches. But we’ll see if she and her attorney have more evidence to the contrary.

It’s going to be a very bumpy ride.

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