This week’s episode of Agatha All Along gave Marvel theoryheads their largest gasp but with a really pointed reference to a personality folks have been waiting to hit the MCU for a very long time at this level.
We’re, in fact, referring to the quiet dialog Teen (Joe Locke) and Jennifer Kale (Sasheer Zamata) have in the course of the early levels of the primary trial on the Witches’ Street. Needling Teen over if he actually is aware of who he’s coping with relating to Agatha Harkness, Kale makes a pointed reference to the younger little one Agatha as soon as gave up for entry to the Darkhold… a baby she believes now might be an agent of Mephisto himself. Following the shout out, Entertainment Weekly requested showrunner Jac Schaeffer about everybody’s favourite marriage-ruining demon.
In response as to if we will anticipate to see the Devil of the MCU, Schaeffer answered “With these exhibits, so usually there’s something that’s directly a joke and a wink and a nod, and truly has one thing reputable beneath it. As everyone knows, Mephisto is a personality who’s very wrapped into Agatha’s storyline. I imply, individuals have to observe, however we’re at all times taking part in with the viewers in that approach.”
As you might recall, the character was extremely purported to have been the mastermind behind Wanda’s imprisonment in Agatha‘s prequel collection, WandaVision—to no avail. Throughout the MCU’s post-Thanos/Kang the Conqueror kerfuffle, followers advised if Kevin Feige and firm are looking for a brand new final evil, then they may do quite a bit worse than Devil, himself. To lastly obtain a namedrop—and due to this fact, an official MCU Wiki web page—should really feel tremendously validating to the diehards who poured over each minutia of WandaVision.
If this isn’t a purple herring, there are definitely a number of candidates who could also be taking part in the character within the collection’ already—or at least have ties. Aubrey Plaza’s character, Rio Vidal, has been said to have a “black coronary heart,” a fairly definitive reference to Blackheart, a demon within the MCU created by Mephisto. Personally, I imagine Paul Adelstein’s mysterious character, who might or might not be Teen’s father, definitely got here throughout as suspicious when he was leering at Agatha, boasting concerning the fireplace that ran by way of the social sciences part of the library in her Mare of Easttown-inspired fantasy.
By the identical token, a rumor has been circulating Sacha Baron Cohen has been solid because the character, and is about to make his debut on Ironheart, the upcoming Disney+ collection specializing in Riri Williams. Whereas that collection doesn’t really feel like probably the most intuitive place to introduce evil incarnate, it will definitely be surprising—and showing the place you’d least anticipate him is form of the character’s factor.
Come what might, io9 reached out to Marvel for clarification about Mephisto and Sasha Baron Cohen’s position in Ironheart, however the firm supplied no remark. However you recognize what they are saying: converse of the satan, and he arrives…
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