Mike Colter Talks About LUKE CAGE Discovering His Powers In JESSICA JONES
One of the characters I'm excited about seeing join the Marvel Cinematic Universe is Luke Cage. The character is being played by Mike Colter, and he will be making his debut in the upcoming first season of Jessica Jones. That is the launching pad that will spin him off into his own series.
In an interview with Collider, Colter discusses his character and the discovery of his powers, and how they are limited... at first. There are possible SPOILERS ahead.
"You guys have seen the first two [episodes]. I think there are more than one moment for me, but since you’ve seen the first two, I think for me it’s like, we talk about realism and what we can do and less is more and stuff like that and being grounded. For me it was the table saw moment for Cage at the end of [episode] two, this moment where you’re like, you show your power but in a subtle way in a sense but it’s so effective and then it’s just a moment, it’s like this thing where you’re like –Because what’s great about what they’re doing is like we’re discovering, especially for Cage, he’s discovering this power as you see him, he doesn’t know what he can do. And so he has the power, he doesn’t know what he can do, so he knows some things, he doesn’t know everything. So you’ll find that out as it goes, that’s what’s cool, that moment of like, 'I know I can do this and this is what I’m gonna show you right now that’ll let you know…' you know. But it’s a movie moment, it’s one of those things where you’re like, 'I’m unbreakable.' This is that moment and then what does that mean? All that stuff. So that was that moment where we shot that, I remember we were rushing to get it shot but it turned out a cool moment."
Based on those comments is sounds like somewhere down the line Cage is going to find himself in a situation that could kill a normal man. Obviously it won't kill him, and that will be the defining moment for Cage and what he's capable of.
Jessica Jones is set to premiere on Netflix on November 20th, and I'm excited to see her and Cage in action!