Anthony Ramos Opens Up on Showing His Villainous Side in MCU Show

Anthony Ramos He talks about why he’s excited to play the bad guy in Marvel’s Ironheart.

Ramos has been tapped to play Parker Robbins/The Hood in Ironheart, which will premiere on Disney+ in June 2025. The Marvel Studios series sees Dominique Thorne reprise her role as Riri Williams/Ironheart after she made her MCU debut in Black Panther : Wakanda Forever for 2022. .

Speaking with ComingSoon, Ramos was asked how it feels to play a villain, especially considering the fact that he’s often played likable heroes in projects like 2021’s In the Heights and 2023’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

What did Anthony Ramos say about his iron-hearted villain?

“It’s great,” Ramos replied. “I started getting these bad guy roles. Even in Twisters, I wasn’t necessarily the good guy in the movie, you know what I’m saying? I think we all have that side of us, you know? And I appreciate that. It’s very nice of you to say that I Likeable guy, I appreciate that, bro. And that’s what makes playing this kind of role even better because even some of our favorite villains are still likeable, right? You think about the Joker, right? There’s villains in movies that are just like that I really like this guy, but… “The worst.”

“Every villain has their reasons, bro. They have their reasons, whether it makes sense to you or not, and whether you agree with what they’re doing. They’re like, ‘Well, I’m doing this because of that.'” My favorite part about playing a guy What’s bad is that you really get into the mind of the person who’s basically doing it wrong, but it justifies why they’re doing it – their reason is legitimate, and it’s a valid reason, so it was fun to explore that not just with The Hood, but With these different characters that I play.

Ironheart will premiere on June 24, 2025 on Disney+.

Originally reported by Brandon Schreur SuperHeroHype.