There was significantly less backlash than usual (manufactured or otherwise) over the decision to cast Black actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as the traditionally white Marvel superhero Simon Williams, aka Wonder Man. The tale of a self-absorbed actor with an ego too big for the small jobs in which he’s cast, the Wonder Man series follows Williams’ journey to landing the movie role of a lifetime: Wonder Man, a fictitious staple of American pop culture, introduced to him by his late immigrant father. That might seem like a paradox, but what makes Wonder Man, well, Wonder Man, is that he exists in the eye of the storm as a celebrity superhero, in the vein of DC’s Booster Gold — except he’s also a lovable sweetheart. How Wonder Man Adapts the Character to the MCUWonder Man is mostly a meta comedy on Hollywood that gradually builds to the persona Simon Williams is known for in the comics. Wonder Man is streaming on Disney+.