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Subject: Re: Krysten Ritter Joins "Daredevil: Born Again" Season 2, Reprising "Jessica Jones"
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 18:48:07 -0000 (UTC)
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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.