IRONHEART: Alden Ehrenreich's Surprising Role In The Series Has Seemingly Been Revealed

IRONHEART: Alden Ehrenreich's Surprising Role In The Series Has Seemingly Been Revealed

Solo: A Star Wars Story star Alden Ehrenreich is set to join the MCU with a lead role in Ironheart, and his character in the Disney+ series has now been revealed...and it's definitely not who we expected!

By JoshWilding - Oct 11, 2023 05:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Ironheart
Source: ComicBook.com

Solo: A Star Wars Story may have disappointed at the box office, but Alden Ehrenreich did a fantastic job as the young Han Solo. Following in Harrison Ford's footsteps was never going to be an easy task, but the actor did his best, and most Star Wars fans would be happy to see him reprise the role. 

While that franchise is currently in the actor's rearview, next up for him is the Marvel Studios and Disney+'s Ironheart.

The prevailing theory thus far has been that Ehrenreich will play Ezekiel Stane, the son of Iron Man villain Obadiah Stane. However, a U.S. Copyright listing by Marvel Studios (unearthed by ComicBook.com) reveals a very different role for the actor. 

According to that, the former Millennium Falcon pilot is playing "Joe McGillicuddy" in Ironheart

As far as we're aware, there are no characters in the comic books with that name and certainly not anyone with ties to Riri Williams or Tony Stark. Of course, with Sacha Baron Cohen listed as "Mystery Man" - that's not who he's really playing - we'd say this is a placeholder to avoid spoilers leaking. 

Earlier this year, Ehrenreich talked about working with Robert Downey Jr. on Oppenheimer and revealed whether the Iron Man star discouraged him from joining the MCU.

"He was talking about 'microdosing' commercial projects alongside artistic ones, and then right before I said yes to it, I just FaceTimed him and was like, 'Is there something that I need to know before I sign on to this?' I was like, 'Is he going to say, ‘Don’t do it’?'"

"I think they asked Harrison Ford before [Solo] what he would say to the next Han Solo, and he said, 'Don’t do it.' But Downey didn’t say that, and I sort of had the honor of introducing [Downey Jr. and Thorne]," Ehrenreich continued. "They didn’t know each other and hadn’t talked yet, so I put them in contact with each other."

"He is so unf***ingbelievably generous and sweet and giving with his time, and he was so happy to talk to her and encourage her. So that was really nice."

In Ironheart, charming teenage super genius Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns from MIT to her hometown of Chicago in her iron suit and begins to unravel threads that bring danger and adventure right to her doorstep.

The series doesn't currently have a premiere date but isn't expected to arrive on Disney+ until early 2025.

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Fogs
Fogs - 10/11/2023, 5:57 AM
"most Star Wars fans would be happy to see him reprise the role"

Polaris
Polaris - 10/11/2023, 6:02 AM
@Fogs - He's very good tbh, he's just not Harrison Ford.
Fogs
Fogs - 10/11/2023, 6:15 AM
@Polaris - I fail to see anything good about that movie. My bad.
CoHost
CoHost - 10/11/2023, 6:21 AM
@Polaris - No, but Chris Pratt is the closest.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 10/11/2023, 6:00 AM
I kind of doubt he is playing Lucy Ricardo’s long lost brother.
cubichy
cubichy - 10/11/2023, 7:02 AM
They did a movie on a story that didn't need to be told or anyone wanted, that's why it tanked. Same here, ironheart is a tertiary character no one knows or cares about. The character wasn't memorable in anyway in wakanda forever and will seriously tank. It should be dropped completely like echo, and just abandoned. So many better stories to be told, follow canon and listen to fans. Almost forgot, there is only 1 iron man and that's Tony stark.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 10/11/2023, 7:21 AM
@cubichy - what movie tanked?
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 10/11/2023, 8:55 AM
@cubichy - Jesus, you people are pathetic. How many keys did you break when typed this in a rage? Did you cry a little?
cubichy
cubichy - 10/11/2023, 2:28 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - solo star wars story...caused the entire stars universe to be reexamined.
cubichy
cubichy - 10/11/2023, 2:31 PM
@RitoRevolto - 🙅‍♂️ nope, I have accepted it, most agree that the mcu is in free fall and phase 5 was trash, look at love and blunder. Like others have said, who cares about ironheart...so many better stories to tell. There is only 1 iron man and his name is tony stark. Ironheart will totally tank, like echo and hagatha.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 10/11/2023, 7:07 AM
9/10 always a bad sign when they start taking liberties and making up their own characters to carry these shows nobody asked for. People want to see war machine smashing up shit and fighting armies, not ironheart.
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 10/11/2023, 7:20 AM
Hopefully it is another character and not Zeke Stane. They already wasted/ruined Ghost and Mandarin by changing them up and having them not fight Iron Man first.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/11/2023, 9:09 AM
@IronMan616 - Controller and Living Laser are next, probably saving them for Ironheart S2.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/11/2023, 7:34 AM
Its funny that these legacy characters are doing no better on D+ than they did in the comics.
Radders
Radders - 10/11/2023, 8:59 AM
@Ryguy88 - What are you talking about? They were the bestest eva in the comics, Ms Marvel alone sold 25 trillion copies of number one! Everyone loved Iron Heart, her comics sold incredibly well and are still going after that initial sublime introduction. You're just a (insert inane insult)

Thought you might be missing the usual response to facts :)
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/11/2023, 9:09 AM
@Ryguy88 - Yup they 60 Plus years of great characters and stories but they chose to use characters from the pass 20 years that no one is interested in.

If you listed everyone's most popular characters you wouldn't see the likes of Ironheart, Ms.Marvel or Shuri even break the top 50 maybe even the top 100.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/11/2023, 8:01 PM
@marvel72 - youd be getting Alpha Flight and Marauder characters before you get to Riri.

@Radders - keep em coming, it wouldnt be CBM without it!
thedrudo
thedrudo - 10/11/2023, 8:04 AM
Guess we’ll find out officially in late 2025 😆
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 10/11/2023, 8:49 AM
“Alden Ehrenreich did a fantastic job as the young Han Solo.“
No… no he didn’t. But he was good in Cocaine Bear.
Radders
Radders - 10/11/2023, 8:53 AM
I cant believe this oncoming dumpster fire is still happening!
hainesy
hainesy - 10/11/2023, 1:57 PM
I laugh that they actually looked up the name "Joe McGillicuddy". McGillicuddy is a frequently used term in some circles (like pro wrestling) for a random name or cover name.

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