Re: Krysten Ritter Joins "Daredevil: Born Again" Season 2, Reprising "Jessica Jones"

On May 16, 2025 at 6:55:21 AM PDT, "EGK" <memyself@null.net> wrote:

On Fri, 16 May 2025 06:03:02 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:
 

On 5/16/25 5:48 AM, EGK wrote:
 

 On Thu, 15 May 2025 04:32:47 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

 On May 14, 2025 at 6:42:55 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
 wrote:

 On 5/14/25 9:50 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

   On May 14, 2025 at 8:20:34 AM PDT, "Alan Smithee" <alms@last.inc> wrote:
  

 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/daredevil-born-again-season-2-krysten-ritter-jessica-jones-1236215530/
 
   Krysten Ritter is reprising her role of the superhero-turned-private
   eye, entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe by being cast in season two
   of Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again.
 
   Ritter starred as Jones in the eponymous Netflix series in the
   mid-2010s. The series and actress generated considerable acclaim and
   awards at the time and is considered a highlight during the Netflix era
   of Marvel television.

  
   Yay! I love me some Jessica Jones.

 
 The series itself was incredibly disappointing. Season #1 was just OK.
 Season #2 was, I thought, awful. I don't think I even bothered with
 season #3.
 
 I like Ritter. But that role/show was mostly a misfire.

 
 Agree to disagree. I liked the whole run. Thought it was great. Wished there
 was more.
 
 FYI - I read that when they were casting the Netflix series, it eventually
 came down to a choice between Ritter and Alex Daddario for the role.
Duckshoot
 would also have been a good choice if she'd still been acting.
 

 Maybe Disney+ can do a better job with it than Netflix (it's hard not to
 be better at shows than Netflix!). But I am skeptical that they can turn
 this one around...

 
 I've only watched three episodes so far, but I think it's one of their
better
 offerings.

 
 The problem with a lot of the Disney Marvel shows for me is they think
 they're doing Shakespeare.  Daredevil and Jessica Jones and especially The
 Punisher have always been darker but they like to spend a lot of time
 standing around talking to let you know how dark and important they are.
 That's often pretentious.
 
 I thought one of the best of the Disney shows was Hawkeye because it was a
 lot more fun and Hawkeye was probably my least favorite character going into
 it.  Hailee Steinfeld was great and Jeremy Renner got to do way more with
 the character than in any of the movies.

 
Agreed. I liked "Hawkeye" quite a bit. I think there was recent rumors
of a season #2, but I believe they were quickly squashed, unfortunately.

 
I saw some articles just recently where Renner said Disney offered a season
2 but at half the salary he made for season 1 so he turned it down.  He
tongue-in-cheek asked if because of his accident they thought he was only
half a Jeremy Renner?

Depending on if/how his injuries limit his ability to perform a very
action-oriented role like Hawkeye, then it's actually a legitimate concern
from the producers' standpoint.