Created by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest, the Marvel miniseries Wonder Man was released on Disney+ on January 27, 2026. All the episodes came out at once, allowing viewers to watch them in one sitting. The show begins with Simon Williams getting fired from a small role he was playing in American Horror Story because he kept improvising scenes and delaying production. We then see him secure the opportunity to audition for Van Novak's remake of the film Wonder Man, and then give the audition. It takes Simon some time to get cast in the remake, and we see him go through multiple hurdles before he secures the job. The show depicts the life of a struggling artist in Hollywood extremely accurately, and it turns out that this was possible because a lot of Hollywood experiences in the show were real and inspired by the writers.Destin Daniel Cretton on how real-life experiences shaped Wonder ManIt is well-known that struggling actors, writers, directors, musicians, and almost any artist trying to make it big in Hollywood has to go through innumerable sacrifices to reach their breakout opportunity. That is exactly what is highlighted in Wonder Man as we see Simon get fired, lose his girlfriend, and struggle to even find a proper place to film an audition tape. All that struggle is what makes him finally getting the role so significant.But this authentic portrayal of struggling artists in Hollywood was possible only because it was inspired by the writers' real experiences. In an interview with DiscussingFilm, when Wonder Man's co-creator Destin Daniel Cretton was asked if he incorporated any personal experience in the show, he responded by saying:"Oh many. We all put our personal experiences and we wanted to capture LA and the side of Hollywood that you don't typically see portrayed on film. The non-glitz and glamor side, the living in a 1-bedroom apartment that smells like feet and you can see the Hollywood sign in the distance and your dream is like way over there while you're eating Top Ramen. That's the feeling of the show. It was very easy to reproduce because it's all a part of our experience and our memory."Eating Top Ramen while living in a tiny apartment and waiting to hear back from at least one audition is perhaps an experience many struggling actors have gone through. As stated by Cretton, the only reason we see that other side of Hollywood so closely is because of the experiences of the writers that they incorporated into the show's story.Wonder Man stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, X Mayo as Janelle Jackson, Zlatko Burić as Von Kovak, Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery, Arian Moayed as P. Cleary, Béchir Sylvain as Sanford Williams, and Dan Donohue as DODC Deputy Secretary Heyerdahl, among others. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostOther than Cretton, Wonder Man was created by Andrew Guest. Both Cretton and Guest have executive-produced the show along with Kevin Feige, Stephen Broussard, Jonathan Schwartz, Louis D'Esposito, and Brad Winderbaum. Bonnie Muñoz is the series producer. The production companies behind the show are Marvel Television.All right episodes of Wonder Manare is streaming on Disney+.For more articles like this, follow Soap Central.