PRODUCER EXCLUSIVE
Testing Her Metal
How Ironheart gives Riri Williams the opportunity to choose her path in the MCU
WORDS: TARA BENNETT
Riri Williams suits up in the lead role of this new miniseries.
IT’S BEEN ALMOST three years since we last saw genius MIT student Riri Williams/Ironheart (Dominique Thorne) in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, suiting up to fight alongside the Wakandans against King Namor and his Talokan warriors. And after that life-changing experience, Williams returned to her academic life sans suit, where she was left to figure out what’s next.
In the long-awaited Disney+ series Ironheart, audiences will get to see Williams figure out how to stake out her place in Chicago and the world of superheroes. Since she was introduced into the MCU by director Ryan Coogler, he and his production shingle, Proximity Media, have been key in helping to creatively define her Disney+ series.