Emily Hampshire Confirmed To Join Marvel's VISION as E.D.I.T.H., Tony Stark’s Former AI

Schitt’s Creek breakout Emily Hampshire has officially joined the cast of Marvel’s upcoming Vision series for Disney+. It was rumored last week and now Deadline confirms Hampshire will be playing E.D.I.T.H. the sleek, intimidating AI system originally created by Tony Stark.

That’s right. E.D.I.T.H., which is short for Even Dead, I’m The Hero, is back. First introduced in Spider-Man: Far From Home as Stark’s posthumous gift to Peter Parker, the advanced AI system offers control over a global satellite defense network and a fleet of weaponized drones.

Now, it seems E.D.I.T.H. will have a more prominent role and a new personality behind the voice. Hampshire joins Paul Bettany, who returns as the titular synthezoid Vision in this WandaVision spinoff.

She’ll appear alongside a cast that already includes James Spader reprising his iconic role as Ultron, T’Nia Miller as Jocasta (another familiar AI name from Marvel lore), as well as Todd Stashwick, Ruaridh Mollica, and Faran Tahir, who returns as Raza, a character we last saw in Iron Man.

With all of these characters in the series, Vision is shaping up to be a deep dive into the evolving world of artificial intelligence in the MCU, and the moral minefields that come with it.

Hampshire is best known for her deadpan brilliance as Stevie Budd on Schitt’s Creek, a role that earned her and the cast a Screen Actors Guild Award. She’s also fresh off starring in the Prime Video thriller The Rig and will next appear opposite Vince Vaughn in the 20th Century Studios comedy Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice.

The Vision series marks Marvel’s second spinoff from WandaVision, following the upcoming Agatha All Along, and is one of several shows currently in active development, including Daredevil: Born Again.