Ryan Coogler

“When you watch the show, it’s like, ‘Oh, that was how you always were gonna meet him.’ It wasn’t gonna be in ‘Loki.’ That’s the trickster; that’s how he works. That’s where he’s gonna be: in a pizza shop in Chicago, like, where you would absolutely never expect him.”

Ryan Coogler · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-23

Ryan Coogler explained why debuting Mephisto in a Chicago pizza shop fit the character's trickster nature.

“I just absolutely love that we’re not meeting him in ‘WandaVision’ or ‘Agatha [All Along].’ You’re meeting him through this stressed-out, young Black genius,”

Ryan Coogler · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-23

Ryan Coogler discussed the choice of introducing Mephisto in "Ironheart" rather than in earlier Marvel series.