It was all but confirmed that Game of Thrones actor, Finn Jones will be taking the mantle of Iron Fist in Netflix’s upcoming series of the name same, but now we finally have word from Marvel and Netflix that this is in fact the case.
As well as a confirmation, we also had a comment from show runner Scott Buck about Jones’ casting. He explained:
“Danny Rand is a very complicated character. He’s a billionaire New York Buddhist monk martial arts superhero who’s still trying to figure out what exactly that all means. Finn is able to play all these levels in such an honest, revelatory way that as soon as I saw him I knew he was our Danny.”
The good words also came from Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb who said:
“Finn wonderfully blends confidence with vulnerability, making him the perfect choice as he struggles to find his place in the world. Now that we’ve found our Danny Rand, we’ve completed our principal cast for the upcoming Defenders on Netflix and we are thrilled to continue to show audiences unexplored corners of the Marvel Universe.”
The confirmation came accompanied with the very first teaser image for the series which also confirms one of the show’s supporting characters, in the form of ‘Joy Meachum’ a comics character related to Harold Meachum, the man responsible for the death of Danny Rand’s father Wendell Rand.
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— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) March 17, 2016
We still don’t have any word on when the show will be hitting our screens but we still have Daredevil Season Two coming tomorrow and Luke Cage later in the year on September 30th.
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