Krysten Ritter opens up on her long awaited return to the MCU as Jessica Jones in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2. In a recent interview with EW Ritter spoke about coming back as Jessica, where the character is in her life and more.
Warning, there are spoilers here for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Episode 6.
Potential SPOILERS Below!
Ritter began by saying there’s been talks on her return since before Born Again Season 1.
“There was some talk about me appearing in the first season. I think it’s like two-and-a-half years ago that we first started hearing a whiff about it. So I was so excited. They were bringing back a lot of characters and I was like, I wonder if I could bring back Jessica. I have everything ready. I’ll be ready. And then, lucky for me, they did bring Jessica back and I’m so thrilled. I kept the secret for a long time. I was asked about it constantly, and I just had to come up with new excuses and, I don’t know, cute responses.”
“Then when I knew I was coming back for season 2, I was also filming Dexter[: Resurrection] at the same time. So that was a fun little diversion because when I got to New York, everybody assumed I was doing Daredevil and it really was a great way to throw everybody off the track. Little did they know I’d be going straight from Dexter to Daredevil.”
“I feel like I did always feel like there would be another opportunity to reprise the role because the character is so great and so loved that the fans were really clamoring for her to come back. I always felt like there was more story to tell. The character is so rich, there’s so much backstory, there’s so much to pull from, there’s so much in the comics that we didn’t explore.”
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Ritter also says she was pushing for Jessica to have a child this time around.
“When I first had my initial comeback meeting with Marvel, we sat at the big table and they asked me, What did I want to explore? What about the character really inspires me to wanna come back? I always thought the fact that she has a kid is a really interesting, exciting character development. As a mom myself, I just thought what an amazing opportunity for Jessica to have, just even more layers and more to play. For someone like Jessica who doesn’t have a family and she’s a loner in the world, to give her the gift of a child and what a healing experience and transformative experience that could be for her was very, very exciting to me.”
“It allows Jessica to really step into her fierceness and her strength, in a way, and give her a real solid grounding in the world. Jessica was always kind of reluctant and has a lot of conflicting feelings about her powers and a contempt for them. She never wanted to punch people. She didn’t want to use her powers because of how she got them. I think when you give her a child, there’s a fierceness, a mama bear that comes out and gives her real strength and power. That’s the coolest part for me, as a mom myself. To be bigger and badder than ever as a result of having a child is really exciting.”
Powers Issue
Those who have watched the show know Jessica has a new chink in her armor after having Danielle, her powers seem to drop out occasionally.
“Yeah. After you have a kid, a lot changes. You go through so much. It’s like a caterpillar experience. Having the metaphor of her powers going in and out, like, “Who am I? Where is this going?” and then ultimately feeling bigger and badder than ever is a really interesting character journey.”
Finally Ritter was asked about those recent set photos showing her, Mike Colter and Finn Jones all on set for Season 3 filming.
“I’m not gonna comment on those. I think Marvel should announce whatever. I’m just not gonna. I don’t know about them! I don’t think I was there! [Laughs]”
No big surprise there with Marvel’s snipers watching. Check the related section above for my review of Jessica’s return in Episode 6.
What do you think of her comments as Krysten Ritter opens up about her MCU return as Jessica Jones in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2? Thoughts below.
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