We're now less than a month away from the release of Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and a new Target commercial featuring Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) has found its way online.
With the possible exception of Riri testing her Ironheart armor's repulsar blast right at the end, the video doesn't appear to feature any actual footage from the movie itself. But it does give us a better idea of how the character will be portrayed, as Williams encourages a budding inventor to follow her dreams and build a suit of her own.
Thorne spoke about landing the role during an interview with Empire last year, revealing that Marvel Studios approached her for the part.
“I was at home in Delaware and I got a call asking if I would like to play this role,” she said. “It was the best phone call I could have ever received. I was so shocked, in fact, that there was a considerable lag in the conversation!” she continues. "I was waiting for them to say, like, ‘Oh, we’ll send you the sides’, or, ‘Get your tape over to us.’ But there was none of that. It was just like, ‘Would you like to do this?’ It was probably the most unique experience I’ve ever had because there was no audition at all.”
Check out the commercial below along with the most recent trailer.
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena, and Alex Livanalli.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hits theaters on November 11.