Before her current role in The White Lotus as Kate – a member of the longtime friend trio bound to explode sooner or later – Leslie Bibb was one of the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that we loved to hate. While her character in the HBO original is trying to avoid conflict, her MCU character, fearless reporter Christine Everhart, thrives on it. Debuting in Iron Man – Marvel Studios’ first foray into interconnected storytelling – Bibb brought to life a resourceful reporter who seemed more of a private detective. Always representing a nuisance for Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark, Christine not only was essential to the kick-off of the MCU but also a personality whose opinions permeated the public perception of superheroes on Earth-616.