Avengers: Doomsday has a lack of female representation in its cast, with only five female characters confirmed. This issue reflects a larger problem of underrepresentation in the MCU, despite progress in recent years.

Despite five hours of streamed casting announcements, there are still several characters and actors fans are surprised won’t be in Avengers: Doomsday. Some we knew about but the following omissions are notable given the cosmic cross-over nature of what’s shaping up to be an Avengers,