She-Hulk: Attorney at Law finally comes to Disney+ next week, and head writer Jessica Gao has opened up about the many characters that didn’t make it into the show. While Marvel has hundreds of characters at their disposal when it comes to filling the MCU, there are still some characters that cause a number of legal headaches due to copyright ownership. However, it seems that not all of the rejected characters went unused for legal reasons, as some were blocked by Marvel as they ‘had other plans” for them.

While discussing the upcoming series, Gao spoke to The Direct about how it was fun trying to work out what legal complications some superheroes could get into that would require them to seek out the help of Jennifer Walters. While characters such as Spider-Man and other Spider-Man universe characters were out of bounds, there were others that Gao attempted to incorporate that Marvel had other reasons for rejecting. She explained:

“There were a lot of characters from the comics– we wanted a lot of the comics for characters for fun situations where we could bring in like a character and think of like funny reasons why they would be in legal trouble. But there were a lot of characters that were from the comics that we couldn’t use either because of a rights issue, or there were a few times where it was because Marvel… all they would say is that they had other plans. And that’s all they would tell us. And then, we tried very, very hard to poke, and prod, and get a little bit more information. Of course, they wouldn’t tell us. But I will say, the one MCU character that really bummed out a lot of the writers in our room that we couldn’t use was Spider-Man and anyone involved around– like in the Spider-Man universe. Because we had so many Spider-Man fans in the room.”

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has been full of mixed reports during its production, from some calling the show “a mess” to others praising the direction of the show, which is looking to be a half hour legal comedy series. Marvel’s Disney+ series have frequently pushed new boundaries that have delivered shows such as WandaVision, which also incorporated a sitcom style for its opening episodes, and Moon Knight, which was a darker entry in the franchise. Now, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law will once again bring something new to the Marvel party.

While there may be some characters that will not be appearing in the series, there are a number of familiar faces who will be turning up in the show, including Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner/Hulk, Tim Roth’s Emil Blonsky, Benedict Wong’s Sorcerer Supreme Wong, and Charlie Cox making his MCU debut in character as Daredevil after appearing as Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home last year.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law will premiere on Disney+ on August 17, with new episodes releasing ever Wednesday.