Marvel’s upcoming Netflix series is more than just the story of its title character, Luke Cage. It’s also the introduction of the most prominent black heroine of Marvel ’70s Kung Fu craze: Misty Knight! Simone Missick will portray Misty Knight for the first time in the MCU on the Luke Cage series, while Frank Whaley will play Misty’s NYPD partner, Rafael Scarfe.
CraveOnline spoke with both Missick and Whaley during Comic-Con 2016’s Luke Cage press event. Missick and Scarfe shared some insights about their respective characters and their adversarial relationship with Cottonmouth. Missick also seemed quite excited about the prospects of the Daughters of the Dragon teaming up in the future.
Related: Mike Colter & Theo Rossi on ‘Luke Cage’
In Marvel’s comic book universe, Misty Knight was a detective on the NYPD who lost her arm to an explosion. After resigning from the force, she got a bionic arm from Tony Stark and became a private investigator aligned with Luke Cage and Iron Fist. She even had a longstanding romance with Iron Fist, but her most meaningful partnership was with Colleen Wing. Together with Wing, Knight formed the Daughters of the Dragon, and they have even headlined their own comic book series.
Also at Comic-Con, we spoke with Luke Cage himself, Mike Colter alongside Theo Rossi. You can also watch our interview with Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker and executive producer Jeph Loeb.
All 13 episodes of Luke Cage will drop on Friday, September 30 on Netflix.
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