Although the DC Extended Universe comes to an end this December with the upcoming DC movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and the DC Universe will take its place, some elements of the former shared continuity are being kept around for this new era. This includes Xolo Maridueña’s Jaime Reyes, who debuted in Blue Beetle this past summer. While it remains to be seen what’s in store next for this take on Jaime, Maridueña used the perfect word to describe how he feels about continuing on in the James Gunn-spearheaded DC Universe while talking with CinemaBlend.
Our own Sean O’Connell chatted with Maridueña ahead of Blue Beetle’s arrival to Max subscribers on November 17, three months after its release on the 2023 movies calendar. When asked for his thoughts on getting to continue playing Jaime Reyes, the third character to hold the Blue Beetle mantle in DC Comics lore, the actor said the following about how “validating” it feels:
