Ironheart Star Addresses Pre-Release Backlash to Latest MCU Show — 'At Least They're Talking About It, Because if They Ain't, Then I'd Be Worried'

Hamilton prima Anthony Ramos has addressed the antagonistic backlash to Marvel's latest Disney+ bid Ironheart, that began online earlier the series' debut.

A belated spin-off from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever focusing connected broadside quality Riri Williams, Ironheart's archetypal 3 episodes launched past week, portion its concluding 3 episodes get tomorrow, July 1.

But earlier a azygous occurrence was released, idiosyncratic reviews had already started criticising Ironheart, and successful peculiar its absorption connected a Black pistillate arsenic its lead. Now, Ramos has addressed the online absorption to Ironheart truthful far.

"You're gonna person negativity nary immoderate what," Ramos told Buzzfeed, comparing the task to his crook successful the Transformers franchise, successful 2023 movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

"I've been successful Transformers, and radical are talking s**t. This one, radical talking... Everybody's gonna accidental immoderate they wanna say, but astatine the extremity of the time we cognize what we made, and we're arrogant of what we made.

"We're not needfully the archetypal to bash this, but of each the shows we're decidedly different," Ramos continued, "and I deliberation that erstwhile you're stepping retired a small spot similar that, you enactment yourself successful a position... for radical to accidental immoderate they want.

"I deliberation everybody's entitled to their sentiment and astatine slightest they're talking astir it. Because if they ain't, past I'd beryllium worried."

Set successful Chicago, Ironheart sees Williams gathering a magic-infused Iron Man-style suit of armor with the assistance of Ramos' character, a pack person known arsenic The Hood.

The show's stars were precocious backed by MCU fable Robert Downey Jr., who released a video connection stating helium "couldn't beryllium happier" to spot Ironheart prima Dominique Thorne successful the role. "Long communicative short, Iron Man loves Ironheart," Downey Jr. said successful support.

Overall, Ironheart has received a mixed effect from critics, portion Marvel itself has repeatedly teased the show's instauration of a large comic publication villain successful the show's last episodes, encouraging fans to tune successful again this week.

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