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Ironheart: "This Is Us" Star Lyric Ross Joins Marvel & Disney+ Series

Published Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:44:13 -0600

by Ray Flook

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Earlier this month, reports surfaced that In The Heights star Anthony Ramos would be joining head writer Chinaka Hodge (Amazing Stories, Snowpiercer) & series star Dominique Thorne's (If Beale Street Could Talk, Judas and the Black Messiah) in Disney+ & Marvel Studios' Ironheart. Now with the series set to go before cameras this June in Atlanta, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting exclusively that This Is Us star Lyric Ross is set to join the cast as Riri Williams's (Thorne) best friend. Details on Ramos's character are still being kept under wraps but his character will reportedly have a major impact on both the series and the MCU in future projects (similar to Jonathan Majors being introduced as Kang The Conquer in Loki).

ironheart — Ironheart (Image: NBC/Marvel Studios)

Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mike Deodato and debuting in 2016's Invincible Iron Man No. #7, Williams (Thorne) is a teenage genius who made a major first impression by building her own version of Tony Stark's Iron Man suit- and would eventually go on to lead her own comic book series. Though a premiere date has yet to be determined, previous reports have Thorne's Williams debuting in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Since his career-making turn in Hamilton and a role in Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born, Ramos's star has been on the rise. From Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights to the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts in 2023, Ramos is expected to be more of a screen presence over the next two years- big and small screens. Hodge is a screenwriter, poet, playwright, and educator. who has published two books of poetry to date, For Girls with Hips: Collected Poems and Writings and Dated Emcees, while her plays include Chasing Mehserle and Mirrors in Every Corner. She is also a founding member of the hip-hop collective The Getback along with Snowpiercer star Daveed Diggs and others.