To make Ironheart feel tactile, the show’s creative team had to get on the same page
In Disney Plus' Ironheart series, a young genius with an uncanny knack for building armored suits finds herself plunged into a shady, criminal underworld that gives her a chance to really show off her talents. Riri Williams is not Tony Stark, and while the Iron Man films clearly informed many of Ironheart's fantastical visuals, there's a grounded quality to the series' high-octane action that makes it feel unique within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
After years of seeing Iron Man and Marvel's other high-tech superheroes running around in nanotech suits that look a bit too CGI-y for their own good, the way that Ironheart goes out of its way …