Sacha Baron Cohen Says Marvel Fears Antisemitism in 'Ironheart'
The actor claims the studio worried casting a Jewish performer as Mephisto would be antisemitic.
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First reported by Variety, 4h 25m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 22 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 22 October at 19:47 UTC; Deadline followed 4h 26m later. The most recent article, from The A.V. Club, appeared on 23 October at 15:33 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), Deadline, The A.V. Club.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietySacha Baron Cohen Says Marvel Worried Casting a Jewish Actor as the Devil in ‘Ironheart’ Would Be Antisemitic
- DeadlineSacha Baron Cohen Says Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’ Producers Wanted To Ensure He Was “Not Insulted” Playing Devil As Jewish Actor
- The A.V. ClubSacha Baron Cohen says Marvel was very careful about his portrayal as Mephisto
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Sacha Baron Cohen Says Marvel Worried Casting a Jewish Actor as the Devil in ‘Ironheart’ Would Be Antisemitic Variety ·
- Sacha Baron Cohen says Marvel was very careful about his portrayal as Mephisto The A.V. Club
- Sacha Baron Cohen Says Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’ Producers Wanted To Ensure He Was “Not Insulted” Playing Devil As Jewish Actor Deadline
In this story
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Marvel
- Ironheart