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Update: November 19, 2014
Mike Colter and Lance Gross in Contention for LUKE CAGE Role
Deadline reports that the two names mentioned as being in consideration for the male lead Luke Cage: Lance Gross (Crisis) and Mike Colter (The Good Wife, The Following). Cage is designed to appear in 6-7 episodes of Jessica Jones and then topline his own series, the fourth in the Netflix-Marvel package that includes Daredevil, starring Charlie Cox, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage. The characters from the four shows band together for a miniseries to close out the storylines.
Deadline also hears Marvel is assembling a field of actresses invited to test for the lead of the company’s straight-to-series Jessica Jones drama for Netflix. The list includes Krysten Ritter (Don’t Trust The B—, Breaking Bad), Alexandra Daddario (True Detective, Percy Jackson films), Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four, Warm Bodies) and Jessica De Gouw (Arrow). All fall within the age range of 25-33 listed on the breakdowns for the role.
Spearheaded by Melissa Rosenberg, the 13-episode drama — the second in a four-series Netflix-Marvel deal — centers on Jessica Jones, a superhero suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder, which leads to her hanging up her costume and opening her own detective agency, where she ends up helping people and assisting other superheroes.
Marvel’s Jessica Jones Series: Ritter, Daddario, Palmer and De Gouw Testing For Lead
I'm OK with all these options for Jessica expect Ritter. No, just...NO.
As for the guys up for Luke Cage, I've never seen any of them in anything.