Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy) and Rosario Dawson (Daredevil) will join the cast of Luke Cage, the third installment in Marvel’s four-series deal with Netflix.
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Like the comics, Luke Cage in the show will be a ‘wrongly accused man who, granted superstrength by a sabotaged experiment, escapes prison to become a superhero for hire’. That makes sense since in the comic books, Claire is a romantic interest of Luke Cage.
According to reports, the “Sons of Anarchy” alum, who portrayed the complex character Juan Carlos “Juice” Ortiz on the seven-season series, is trading in his beloved patches for a pair of specs. Although Chief Content Officer at Netflix, Ted Sarandos, shared at TCA 2 months ago that the streaming platform will debut “Jessica Jones” by the end of 2015, which is inline with its announced “every 6 months” release strategy. Deadline speculates that this role is actually Shades aka Alvarez, a well-known criminal and enemy of Luke Cage.
Netflix’s next Marvel series, Luke Cage, is rounding out its cast with some familiar faces. He is described as relentless and menacing, smooth and manipulative, street smart and controlling. But in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dawson originated the role of Claire on Daredevil earlier this year. When we meet her, she’ll be a New York City police detective, who reluctantly partners up with Luke Cage (Mike Colter).
As for Rossi’s involvement, there was no official word on the specifics of his casting, beyond that he is primed to portray Sonny – a codename, of course. Cheo Hodari Coker, who has produced the likes of nearly Human, Ray Donovan and NCIS: Los Angeles, will act as showrunner.
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Besides Colter, Rossi, and Dawson, Luke Cage stars Alfre Woodard as a local politician named Minetta.
