Simone Missick To Play Misty Knight On Marvel’s Luke Cage

Simone Missick To Play Misty Knight On Marvel’s Luke CagePosted by Wilson Morales

September 2, 2015

Source: Deadline

Simone Missick has been added to the cast  Netflix’s “Marvel’s Luke Cage” as “Misty,” where folks who have read the comics may know her best as Misty Knight

This follows today’s earlier reporting of the casting of Theo Rossi along with Rosario Dawson, who will reprising her “Marvel’s Daredevil” role as Claire Temple.

The trio 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.

Misty Knight made her comic book debut in “Marvel Premiere” #21, created by Tony Isabella and Arvell Jones. Originally a police officer with the NYPD, Misty Knight lost her arm in a bombing accident, but Iron Man himself built her a new bionic arm. The character has worked as a private detective with Luke Cage throughout the comics, even leading the Heroes for Hire at one point. Knight has also been one half of the Daughters of the Dragon with her partner Colleen Wing as well as a frequent love interest for Danny Rand aka Iron Fist.

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.

Missick is married to actor Dorian Missick and together, they will appear in Pete Chatmon’s short film, Black Card, which will be shown at the 19th Annual Urban Film Festival.

Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as executive producer and showrunner of “Marvel’s Luke Cage.” He is also writing the first two episodes of the series that will premiere in 2016, everywhere that Netflix is available.

“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.