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Ironheart

Drag Race Alum Shea Couleé Spills the Tea on Forthcoming MCU Role

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RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Shea Couleé is spilling the tea about her role in the upcoming Disney+ Marvel series Ironheart. Shea Couleé’s casting in Ironheart was confirmed last week, and while details about her character remain undisclosed the non-binary drag queen told E News! on Tuesday (9 August) how exciting it will be to go “mainstream”. “It’s really so humbling to be able to cross over into a much more mainstream avenue, and push the needle forward as far as drag is concerned, in the way that it’s consumed and in pop culture,” she told the publication. Full Story from … Read more

TV: Marvel’s “Ironheart” Cast Gets Trans NB Actor

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Trans non-binary actor Zoe Terakes has been cast in a key role in the upcoming Disney+ series Ironheart, Deadline reports. The actor, who starred in Prime’s Nine Perfect Strangers, is the second trans actor to be cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the first in a Disney+ series. They follow in the footsteps of trans man Zach Barak who played Zach Cooper in Spiderman: Far From Home. Full Story from Pink News

Film: Drag Race icon Shea Couleé to Sashay into MCU

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RuPaul’s Drag Race icon Shea Couleé didn’t come to play – she came to slay the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fresh from her run on All Stars 7, Shea Couleé has been cast in the Disney+ series Ironheart. She’ll play an unconfirmed role, starring alongside Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams/Ironheart, Deadline reported on Wednesday (3 August). Shea confirmed the report in a tweet, saying: “BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Words cannot express how excited I am to be part of this amazing project!” Full Story from Pink News

MCU To Get First Trans Woman for “Ironheart” Streaming Series

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Marvel’s upcoming Ironheart series will reportedly introduce the first trans woman to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A casting call for the Disney Plus series has revealed that bosses plan to add a “smart, confident” trans woman into the mix. According to POC Culture, the character will have “a mystical bent and unique sense of humour”, and be “unapologetically nerdy about things that excite her…even if they might be terrifying to others”. Marvel bosses are reportedly looking for trans actresses aged 18-22 who are Black, Latina or Afro-Latina. Full Story from Pink News