{"id":7913,"date":"2019-01-16T21:33:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7913"},"modified":"2019-01-16T21:33:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T19:33:39","slug":"the-cast-of-marvels-runaways-gives-us-5-reasons-to-binge-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/01\/16\/the-cast-of-marvels-runaways-gives-us-5-reasons-to-binge-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cast Of Marvel’s Runaways Gives Us 5 Reasons To Binge The Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With season two of Marvel\u2019s Runaways now streaming first and only on Showmax in South Africa, we asked the show\u2019s cast why we should watch. Here are their five best answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every teenager thinks their parents are evil, but these superheroes\u2019 parents really are<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Runaways is the story of six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other anymore but who must reunite against a common foe – their parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Marsters, who plays Victor Stein, says, \u201cIt takes this inevitable tragedy – which is that you give up everything for your kids and then your kids turn around and go, \u2018You\u2019re not so great\u2019 – and turns it up to 11. I was joking with Gregg Sulkin, who plays my son. We were shooting season one. He was like, \u2018It\u2019s about to come out; I hope people like it.\u2019 And I\u2018m like, \u2019Well, the theme is kids who think their parents are supervillains, which is basically every teenager on earth, so it\u2019s probably going to be pretty popular.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teenagers have the superpowers this time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Rotten Tomatoes, Runaways offers \u201cthe youngest team of superheroes on Marvel\u2019s TV slate yet.\u201d As Virginia Gardner, who plays Karolina Dean, says, \u201cA lot of kids don\u2019t have superheroes they can relate to because it\u2019s usually the adults who have the powers. So a different thing about this show is that it\u2019s normal teenagers dealing with normal teenager things but then they have superpowers on top of it. I know if I read this as a teenager, I would have been really excited by it – to have the teens get to be bad-asses and have superpowers and be the ones questioning authority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a diverse cast anyone can relate to<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ariela Barer, who plays Gert Yorkes, says, \u201cThere are characters of diverse ethnicity and orientation and personality. No one is alienated when they watch this; anyone can watch this and connect to whoever they want to\u2026 The beauty in the amount of representation we have is that no one has to be the perfect representation of each type of person they are – because we have it in abundance, we\u2019re allowed to explore the nuance within it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spoiler alert: Season one featured Marvel\u2019s first on-screen gay superhero kiss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pride called Karolina kissing Nico \u201cMarvel\u2019s first on-screen gay superhero kiss\u2026 That’s right. Two queer superhero women shared a kiss. On screen. And we could hardly contain our excitement\u2026 We need more queer superhero women in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Virginia says, \u201cThe response has been so great. I\u2019ve had so many people come up to me and say they wish they had characters like this when they were in high school and confused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girls save the guys\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Rotten Tomatoes, Runaways is \u201cthe first predominantly female superhero team on TV or film.\u201d As Virginia says, \u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool to be part of a superhero troupe that is predominantly female – especially because in our show it\u2019s the females who are the ones who actually have the powers. So it\u2019s a very empowering thing to be part of. We get to save the guys a lot of the time, which is cool too. For our generation of girls, growing up with these kinds of role models, it\u2019s a really strong image to have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Runaways — “Radio On” — Episode 202 — Karolina, Nico, and Molly try to retrieve the Staff of One, but Tina puts up a fight. Karolina grows closer to Jonah while Alex and Livvie share a kiss. Alex Wilder (Rhenzy Feliz), Livvie (Ajiona Alexus) shown. (Photo by: Paul Sarkis \/ Hulu)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If the cast didn\u2019t convince you, we should add that Runaways was nominated for a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film as Best New Media Superhero Series and currently has an 85% critics rating and a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Binge both seasons of Runaways first and only on Showmax: www.showmax.com\/eng\/tvseries\/rv77xdag-marvels-runaways<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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