Overview

• Carrie Coon chose not to reprise her role as Proxima Midnight in Avengers: Endgame after Marvel declined to raise her salary, despite the massive success of Avengers: Infinity War.
• Tracy Letts, Coon's husband, revealed on a recent podcast that Marvel suggested she should feel 'fortunate' to be part of the Marvel Universe when she requested a pay increase.
• Proxima Midnight appeared briefly in Endgame without speaking lines, managed through visual effects and archival material from Infinity War.
• Coon had previously cited scheduling conflicts as her reason for not returning, but Letts' recent comments have brought new attention to the pay dispute.
• The story has reignited conversations about pay equity and the treatment of actors in blockbuster franchises, with Marvel declining to comment on the matter.