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- With Wakanda Forever, Thorne makes her Marvel debut as Riri Williams, the genius MIT student who is able to replicate Iron Man’s suit and becomes a hero on her own, known as Ironheart. She’ll get her own TV show on Disney+ late next year.
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Getting into the "Mark One" Ironheart suit in “Forever” was a kick for Thorne because she felt “the physical weight” of the character. “To see the hodgepodge of tools that she with her own two hands put together was such a great drop in for me as an actor,” she says. “It is this big, bulky, beautiful mess of pieces, but it's also incredibly smart.”...
Executive produced by “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, the new series takes Riri back to her hometown of Chicago and also introduces The Hood (Anthony Ramos), an antagonist involved in the darker arts. Thorne says “Ironheart” will explore “what it means to be a Black, young woman in the context of this world where fantastical and mystical and...
Before she’s forced into the fray, Riri is visited by the Wakandan women at MIT. Those college scenes hark back to Thorne’s own years at Cornell University, where she graduated in 2019 with a degree in human development. “Unlike Riri, I certainly was not hustling anybody for any money on campus,” she says with a laugh. “But it definitely was a litt...
The daughter of Trinidadian immigrants, Thorne was first exposed to acting when she attended a Greek Orthodox middle school in New York, which put an emphasis on mythology and the importance of theater, before actually studying the craft of acting in high school. “Probably my favorite part is just how rich the culture and the performance of theater...
Thorne showed off her crafting skills in a recent Instagram post, but it’s not a new hobby: She says she crocheted between takes filming “Wakanda Forever” and “Ironheart” after her grandmother "opened the door for me." “It's a great way to put the playing of this person on pause,” she explains. “Otherwise, it's very easy to slip into ‘Oh, my God, d...
Nov 9, 2022 · Speaking of Riri and Shuri, the actress portraying her on-screen, Dominique Thorne, (who will reprise the role of Riri in the upcoming Disney+ series, Ironheart) actually auditioned for the first Black Panther movie years ago.
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Nov 11, 2022 · Dominique Thorne is living proof that rejection can sometimes be a blessing. The 25-year-old actor, who begins her Marvel career this week in Black Panther sequel Wakanda Forever,...
Nov 16, 2022 · Dominique Thorne discusses what she brought to Ryan Coogler's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever & her character Riri Williams ahead of Ironheart series.
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Oct 3, 2022 · Learn about the history of Marvel's Ironheart, a.k.a. Riri Williams (played by Dominique Thorne), as she heads to Disney+ for her own show as well as an appearance in Black Panther 2: Wakanda...
Nov 12, 2022 · Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, hit Marvel Comics as Iron Man’s successor — and now Dominique Thorne stars as the super-suited genius in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
