Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams a.k.a. Iron Heart to debut in the highly-anticipated Marvels' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The sequel to 2018's Black Panther has been keeping things under wraps for a while. However, it seems that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has added Dominique Thorne to its cast. The young actress will be playing Iron Heart in the MCU for the hero's solo Ironheart series coming to Disney+.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed to ComicBook.com that Thorne will make her MCU debut as Ironheart ahead of the release of her self-titled series.
“We're shooting Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, right now, and the character of Riri Williams, you will meet in Black Panther 2 first,” Feige said in an interview surrounding the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. “She started shooting, I think, this week before her Ironheart series.”
In the comics, Riri Williams is a 15-year-old engineering student and the daughter of the late Riri Williams Sr. Riri is a certified super-genius and she attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on scholarship. After her father died, Riri lived with her mother Ronnie and her paternal aunt Sharon in Chicago. Working alone, Riri designed a suit of armor similar to Iron Man's using material stolen from campus. For a time, she took up the mantle of the Armored Avenger as Iron Heart.
The character first appeared in comics in cameo form for 2016's Invincible Iron Man #7. Marvel Studios announced Thorne as Riri Wiliams during Disney's Investor Day meeting back in December of 2020. Will Riri Williams will play a big role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? I guess we'll just have to wait and find out.
In other Marvel news, we recently just dissected the Eternals villain Kro. Check out the article right here.
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