Working in the MCU can be a waiting game for any actor, and Ironheart star Dominique Thorne understands that experience better than most. She’s been waiting in the wings — and holding in countless secrets about her character — for years. The actor went into prep for Ironheart immediately after shooting Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2021, but her solo series took a lot longer to come to fruition.
“It feels like a sigh of relief,” Thorne tells Inverse from her home in Atlanta, now that Ironheart is finally out in the world. “[You] almost don’t realize how much or how closely you’re carrying that until you don’t have to carry it anymore.”
