In Marvel Comics, Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, and Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, have a much closer bond than what we’ll see in the MCU. After all, Iron Man died before Williams was introduced. But there’s an obvious connection there, one that hasn’t really been touched upon Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. After all, he built a suit that was obviously inspired by Iron Man.
In the comics, Williams is a 15-year-old MIT student, genius and tech geek who built her own version of the Iron Man suit from scratch by collecting scraps and set about building her own Iron Man suit. I wish we’d seen this 15 year old version of the character in Black Pantherbut he is introduced to us when he is 19 years old.
We don’t really have much backstory about Williams in the movie, but that backstory will come in the Disney+ series that’s in development. During a recent interview with CB, Dominique Thorne teased what’s coming and also his connection to Tony Stark. When asked about the character’s connection, he said:
“They’re definitely similar, but definitely two independent expressions of this beautiful mind. I think the answer is best left to the series next year, so that’s where you’ll have to come for the truthful answer to this question.”
The actress also opened up about how the motivations between Williams and Stark are similar as they both built a suit because of their ambitious personalities saying:
“I think in Riri’s creation of this suit, or pursuing a structure like that, I think there’s an inherent recognition of what Tony Stark did in creating this suit. I think for someone as ambitious as Riri Williams, it’s without a doubt something that draws you in and grabs your attention.As you can see from the movie that ambition will lead where it will lead and this time it has led her to be in line with him by creating her personal armor.
Iron heart he’s going to replace Iron Man in the MCU, and I’m just wondering if Marvel is able to really make this character into someone who can fill Tony Stark’s shoes. It’s going to be incredibly difficult to do, but we’ll just have to wait and see what grand master plan Marvel is moving forward. I still miss Tony.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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