"In terms of audience recognition, Wonder Man is no Wonder Woman. But, as this latest addition to the MCU shows, that can afford a certain freedom. This miniseries is a surprisingly meta affair; a superhero fantasy by way of the kind of behind-the-camera machinations familiar to fans of Seth Rogen's The Studio. It tells the story of a pair of struggling actors, Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), who are hustling hard"
"A feast of nostalgia and a fascinating origin story, this series is essentially a backstage pass to experience the rise and fall of a boyband. The early years are particularly gripping as Gary Barlow finds his feet as a songwriter and the band alternate between playing school assemblies and gay clubs. It's also striking how quickly tensions arise, with Barlow under pressure to keep knocking out hits while the others start to feel like glorified backing dancers."
"Remember how you felt as you watched free-climbing maverick Alex Honnold ascend the lethal rockface El Capitan in the Oscar-winning 2018 documentary Free Solo? It was a gripping but almost unbearably tense watch and this was even the case when knowing that Honnold had survived. Here, he takes his brinksmanship one step further, attempting a live, unharnessed scramble up Taipei 101 one of the tallest buildings in the world."
Wonder Man is a meta MCU miniseries that follows two struggling actors, Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery, hustling to be cast in eccentric director Von Kovak's film. The Hollywood satire morphs into superhero fantasy when Simon begins to share attributes with his fictional persona. A separate documentary offers a backstage origin story of Take That, chronicling Gary Barlow's songwriting emergence, the band's early gigs from school assemblies to gay clubs, and rising tensions as members feel like backing dancers amid archival footage. Alex Honnold pursues a live, unharnessed scramble up Taipei 101, escalating his Free Solo ascent into a skyscraper stunt.
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