Marvel's Ironheart Show Casts This Is Us Actress As Riri's Best Friend

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Marvel's Ironheart show casts This Is Us actress Lyric Ross as Riri Williams' best friend. Following the death of Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to continue exploring the Iron Man world through other characters. This includes the introduction of Riri Williams, a young and brilliant Black woman who becomes the superhero known as Ironheart in the comics after creating her own suit using Tony Stark's technology. Marvel Studios confirmed plans to use Riri Williams in the MCU in 2020 when Dominique Thorne was cast to lead the Ironheart Disney+ show in development.

Development on Ironheart has continued to move forward over the last year or so since the show was announced. Snowpiercer's Chinaka Hodge was previously announced to be the head writer for the series. Ironheart won't be where Riri Williams makes her MCU debut, though, as Kevin Feige previously confirmed she'd appear in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Audiences won't meet Riri until November 2022, but Marvel is now in the process of adding cast members to her Disney+ show. It was previously announced that Ironheart added Anthony Ramos to its cast in a mysterious role that could allow him the opportunity for more MCU appearances.

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Now, THR reports that Ironheart has added another new cast member in Lyric Ross. The actress is best known for her role on This Is Us, where she's played Déjà Pearson since season 2. According to this report, the 18-year-old actress will play Riri Williams' best friend. Although THR doesn't name the character, Natalie Washington is Riri's childhood best friend in the comics and could be the role Ross plays. The report notes that filming