Ironheart producer Zoie Nagelhout not too long ago revealed why Dominique Thorne’s character didn’t get her signature pink swimsuit within the Marvel sequence. The miniseries, Ironheart, debuted on the Disney+ platform on June 24, 2025.
Other than Thorne starring as Riri Williams, the present options Anthony Ramos, Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, and extra. Sacha Baron Cohen additionally made a particular look within the present because the much-anticipated Marvel villain Mephisto.
Zoie Nagelhout on why Ironheart didn’t get her pink swimsuit from comics
The producer of Ironheart, Zoie Nagelhout, not too long ago spoke with The Direct concerning the motive behind excluding Riri Williams’ pink swimsuit from the sequence.
When requested whether or not they thought of giving Williams her pink swimsuit within the miniseries, Nagelhout mentioned, “To be completely sincere, no.” She additional shared that they excluded the pink swimsuit “as a result of if you look again to among the earlier comics, you already know artist Mike Deodato did this superb, kind of gunmetal grey, principally transformers-esque type swimsuit that she in-built her dorm room at MIT. And as quickly as we noticed that, we have been like, ‘That’s it,’ you already know.”
Nagelhout additionally conveyed that viewers would possibly see the “pink swimsuit sooner or later.” She mentioned, “You would possibly construct that the way in which Tony constructed to the nanotech.” Nonetheless, for Williams’ solo sequence, they needed the character to start with a swimsuit that followers “can inform the place every half got here from.” The producer continued, “It got here from this junkyard or this automotive half. That was the place we needed to begin her.”
For her combat with Anthony Ramos’ Hood, Williams created a brand-new swimsuit utilizing components from her stepfather’s automotive. She made this swimsuit in her stepfather’s storage, and it was black and crimson in colour. Moreover, it was additionally infused with magic.
Ironheart was launched in two components; the primary three episodes got here out in June, and the ultimate three episodes dropped on July 1, 2025.
Initially reported by Ishita Verma on SuperHeroHype.