Marvel Casting Actresses For Jessica Jones Netflix Series

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Marvel Casting Actresses For Jessica Jones Netflix Series

Marvel seeking actresses for lead in hard-boiled Netflix series

Marvel's Jessica Jones [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/8467-Best-Defense] - the unconventional superheroine turned hard-boiled private eye.

Deadline reports [http://deadline.com/2014/11/jessica-jones-casting-test-krysten-ritter-alexandra-daddario-teresa-palmer-jessica-de-gouw-1201288589/] that four actresses of note are up for the role of Jones: Krysten Ritter, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario and Jessica De Gouw.

Ritter has appeared on Arrow. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/breaking%20bad]

One of the most modern (in terms of first appearance) major comic-book characters to become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jessica Jones was created by Brian Michael Bendis as the lead of the mature-audiences title Alias in 2001. Her backstory (which retroactively added her presence to key earlier events in Marvel continuity) frames Jones as a super-powered individual (radiation accident) who had a brief career as a superheroine called Jewel that ended after she was traumatized by a horrific encounter with the supervillain Purple Man. [http://marvel.wikia.com/Zebediah_Killgrave_(Earth-616)]

Demoralized with the costumed life, she instead becomes a private-investigator working largely in and around the superhuman community. She subsequently began a relationship with Luke Cage (whose series is also now casting [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138696-Halo-Nightfall-Star-Being-Considered-For-Marvels-Luke-Cage-Netflix-Series]) which led to marriage and a child. Cage will reportedly appear as part of the Jones series before spinning-off into his own.


Source: Deadline Hollywood [http://deadline.com/2014/11/jessica-jones-casting-test-krysten-ritter-alexandra-daddario-teresa-palmer-jessica-de-gouw-1201288589/]


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[SnakeoilSage]

It was pretty dark what Purple Man did. That's Rape of Ms. Marvel levels of wrong.

 

[WarpedLord]

Daddario? Yes Please!

 

[Belaam]

Daddario has some action background and De Gouw wasn't bad on Arrow, but neither Ritter nor Palmer strike me as very action-y. Unless they've been doing a lot of training, I definitely would rather see one of the first two.

 

[tzimize]

It was pretty dark what Purple Man did. That's Rape of Ms. Marvel levels of wrong.

Might just be my favorite comic book in the super-genre. I was completely blown away. I wish there were more comics like this. With specific stories and developments instead of the tired weekly villain.

 

[Matt K]

Daddario has some action background and De Gouw wasn't bad on Arrow, but neither Ritter nor Palmer strike me as very action-y. Unless they've been doing a lot of training, I definitely would rather see one of the first two.

To be fair, the comic had very little action, it was more detective-y. I'd say Ritter would be a fine choice character wise.