According to Deadline, Australian star Zoe Terakes has been tapped for a key role in Marvel Studios’ forthcoming Disney+ series Ironheart, which is currently in production. Further details about their role are still being kept under wraps, but they’re the latest LGBTQIA+ actor to have joined the Dominique Thorne-led series, following the recent casting of RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shea Couleé.
The non-binary trans actor is best known for appearing in Australian dramas including Janet King, The End, and Wentworth. They made their American TV debut with Hulu’s psychological limited series Nine Perfect Strangers.
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Ironheart will be led by Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk), who will be taking on the role of Riri Williams. Joining Thorne are Anthony Ramos (In the Heights), Manny Montana (Good Girls), Lyric Ross (This is Us), and Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story).
Riri Williams is described as “a brilliant teenager who, in the comics, built her own version of the Iron Man suit in an MIT dorm.” In the comics, she sometimes takes over for Tony Stark as Iron Man. The character the series is based on was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mike Deodato, and first debuted in Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 #7 in 2016.
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Ironheart hails from head writer Chinaka Hodge (Snowpiercer). It is being directed by Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes, with Ryan Coogler executive producing through his Proximity banner.
The genius titular hero is set to make her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the long-awaited Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which will arrive in theaters later this year.
