Dominique Thorne Opens Up About Joining The MCU With ELLE

Dominique Thorne is featured in a new article for ELLE. The young actress stars as Riri Williams in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Highlights from her interview below.

On how the Marvel Cinematic Universe has expanded her love of acting: “Of course, I’ve seen films that have moved me, but being in the MCU has given me a new and far more intimate relationship with film. It excites me for what’s to come.”

On how she landed the role of Riri Williams: “I got a phone call in August of 2020 from Nate Moore [VP of Production & Development at Marvel Studios] who I had met a few years prior. He asked me if I was familiar with the character and I very much was since my family and I are huge Marvel fans. Then he told me that they were going to be adapting the comic book character for her own series on Disney+ and first introducing her in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. [The show and film] were a package deal which was interesting. Traditionally, I think it’s far more common to have an origin story, but with Riri, we’re meeting her in the middle of her story. It just swings the door wide open for what is possible when we do get to sit down and follow her in her own pocket of the world.”

On preparing for fame: “I’m ready for whatever happens. I try not to think about what happens next and really just focus on this right here. One of the best lessons I was able to take from Judas is that the movie you make and the movie that’s released are two completely different things. So I’m very proud, I suppose, of the movie that we made about making it through to the other side.”

You can check out even more from her interview here. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is out in theaters now.