Rosario Dawson To Reprise Her ‘Daredevil’ Role On Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage,’ Theo Rossi Joins CastPosted by Wilson Morales
September 2, 2015
Source: Deadline
According to Deadline, Rosario Dawson will reprising her “Marvel’s Daredevil” role as Claire Temple on Netflix’s “Marvel’s Luke Cage,” which is Marvel‘s third Netflix series. The site also stated that Theo Rossi, best known for his role on the FX series “Sons of Anarchy,” has joined the cast.
Both Dawson and Rossi join Mike Colter, who will star as Luke Cage and Alfre Woodard, who is set to play gang leader Black Maria, the series’ villain.
In Luke Cage, Mike Colter, who will be first introduced in the second Marvel series for Netflix, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, plays Cage, a wrongly accused man who, granted superstrength by a sabotaged experiment, escapes prison to become a superhero for hire. Colter will be showcased in 6 or 7 episodes of the Jessica Jones show before leading his own Netflix series, Luke Cage.
Rossi will play the villain Shades, who made his first appearance in 1972 in the premiere issue of “Luke Cage, Hero for Hire.” A convicted felon, Shades and his partner in crime, Comanche, escaped prison and came into possession of a visor that enables him to shoot optic blasts.
Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as executive producer and showrunner of “Marvel’s Luke Cage.” Woodard recently co-starred on NBC’s State Of Affairs and recurred on TNT’s The Last Ship. On the big screen, she will next appear opposite Ryan Gosling in “Mississippi Grind.”
“Luke Cage” is the third series in Marvel’s four-series package at Netflix after “Jessica Jones” and “Marvel’s Daredevil.” The last series will be “Iron Fist,” with all four leading into a “Defenders” mini-series.
