Regardless of Dominique Thorne’s Riri Williams spending a whole lot of time distancing herself from Tony Stark’s legacy within the just lately launched Ironheart collection, the Disney+ present in the end ended up tapping into the Iron Man lore by name-dropping its villain, ‘Iron Monger.’ As such, it was the primary time that the MCU referred to Obadiah Stane, portrayed by Jeff Bridges within the 2008 flick, by his comic-accurate title on the live-action entrance.
Iron Monger from Iron Man namedropped in Ironheart
17 years after the discharge of Jon Favreau’s Iron Man, the MCU has formally named the film’s villain, Obadiah Stane. In Ironheart Episode 3, Alden Ehrenreich’s character alludes to the identify Iron Monger whereas speaking with Riri Williams. This marks the primary time the designation has been used to confer with MCU’s iconic supervillain.
Taking part in a techie who procures black market upgrades for Williams’ Ironheart fits, Alden Ehrenreich is initially launched as Joe McGillicuddy. Nevertheless, in Episode 3 of the collection, he reveals that he’s really Ezekiel Stane, the son of Obadiah Stane. Joe learns that Williams’ motivation to efficiently construct an Iron swimsuit stems from her stepfather, Gary. He then says that she ought to think about herself fortunate for having discovered such a great function mannequin. Joe additional says he “had an Iron Monger” for a father.
The mentioned Ironheart easter egg is the primary time that the MCU has used the Iron Monger moniker. Nevertheless, 2008’s Iron Man noticed Jeff Bridges make a delicate trace at what his character would finally grow to be. After Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark shuts down the weapons manufacturing unit of his firm, Obadiah Stane makes an attempt to purpose with him. That is to silently additional his personal nefarious agenda. Whereas attempting to persuade Stark about why they need to proceed making weapons, Stane says, “That’s what we do. We’re iron mongers, we make weapons.”
With Alden Ehrenreich’s character formally utilizing the title Iron Monger to confer with his father, Ironheart manages to determine a seamless continuity with its predecessor in an modern approach. Regardless, it stays to be seen if Ezekiel Stane will play a much bigger function within the upcoming Marvel tasks, regardless of his deep connection to Iron Man’s story.
Initially reported by Apoorv Rastogi on SuperHeroHype.