Whilst the first three shows from the Netflix/Marvel stable have all been quite heavily leaked and teased well prior to their release, there’s been virtually nothing generated by the Internet rumour mill in relation to their fourth series, ‘Iron Fist’.
Telling the tale of Luke Cage’s best mate, Danny Rand, the proposed storyline would see billionaire playboy Rand returning to New York, Bruce Wayne-style, after learning a lethal blend of magic and Kung Fu.
Buzz around the project did not seem overwhelmingly positive. There were rumours the studio was struggling with the idea of casting an Asian actor. That the magical elements of the script were making the material unfilmable. That a Punisher series would be preferable.
But last month the studio announced they had at last found their Danny Rand, with GoT actor Finn Jones slated to play the bone-breaking billionaire. And this week, the projected cast list has now doubled, with the news that Rand would be joined in the series by Marvel character Colleen Wing.
In the comics, Wing is the descendant of a clan of Japanese Samurai, and has travelled from her homeland to aid Rand after her father learned of the Iron Fist prophecy. A master swordswoman and all round ass-kicker, she makes up part of Luke Cage and Misty Knight’s firm of Private Investigators.
She’ll be played by yet another another British GoT actor, with newcomer Jessica Henwick having been announced for the role. Henwick has a relatively short CV, but in that time she’s managed to bag roles as lethal desert assassin Nymeria Sand in ‘Thrones’, and also X-Wing pilot Jess Testor in ‘The Force Awakens’. It would seem she is destined for greater things indeed.
The only other little casting titbit of note is that a cursory glance of the show’s sparse IMDB page shows Carrie Ann Moss will be reprising her role as disgraced lawyer Jeri Hogarth, last seen making life difficult for Jessica Jones.
‘Iron Fist’ will be released some time in 2017. Stay posted for more casting news as it gets released.
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