Overview

• New Aug. 30 coverage highlights that Ortega is officially credited for Iron Man 3 despite her appearance being largely trimmed.
• She briefly played the daughter of Vice President Rodriguez in a holiday party scene filmed when she was 11.
• Ortega has said her lines were removed from the release and even the character’s name was cut.
• While promoting Death of a Unicorn, Paul Rudd suggested Marvel could revisit her MCU link, prompting fan chatter that remains unconfirmed by the studio.
• Her rise through Wednesday, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the Scream films, and X has amplified interest, even as Iron Man 3’s $1.2 billion box office framed her cameo as a blink-and-miss moment.