‘Ironheart’ Star Dominique Thorne on Reintroducing Riri Williams With a New ‘Ingenious’ Iron Suit and the MCU Show’s ‘Heavier Emotions’

Allow her to Ri(ri)introduce herself.

Dominique Thorne suits up again as Riri Williams in Marvel Television’s “Ironheart.” The Disney+ series continues the adventures of the teenage tech genius, who was introduced in the 2022 movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” But this time, the action is set in Riri’s hometown of Chicago, where she returns after her term at MIT (she’d enrolled at just 15 years old), flames out spectacularly.

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