With only six episodes in its first season and a robust release schedule planned, Ironheart is already halfway to the finish line. Its three-episode premiere brings the series — and its leading lady, Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) — through a physical and emotional ringer. In just under three hours, the tech wiz who reverse-engineered Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit and got into MIT at age 15 was unceremoniously expelled, forced to return to her home in the South Side of Chicago, and swiftly recruited into a dangerous league of criminals led by the Hood (Anthony Ramos).
We’re a long way from the Ironheart of the comics, who mostly stayed on the straight and narrow and rubbed shoulders exclusively with fellow heroes. Ironheart is taking more than a few liberties with her origin story in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe — but by the end of Episode 3, the “why” behind all these changes is becoming clearer. Inverse sat down with the cast and crew of Ironheart to break down that gut-twisting ending, Riri’s emotional break, and what’s in store for the hero next.
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