Mike Colter says he’ll be proper there to cheer on whoever performs the following Luke Cage if the position finally ends up getting recast for the MCU.
With the characters from Marvel’s Daredevil now popping up within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been a whole lot of hypothesis from followers about who else from the Defenders we may see subsequent. In Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Charlie Cox appeared as Matt Murdock, serving to to arrange his upcoming solo sequence Daredevil: Born Again. Vincent D’Onofrio can even reprise his Daredevil position as Wilson Fisk in that sequence following his return in Hawkeye.
As of now, no different characters from the opposite exhibits have been confirmed to return within the MCU’s future. There has additionally been hypothesis that the characters we see in Daredevil: Born Again are variants, and never precisely the identical variations of the characters from these earlier exhibits. This implies that characters like Mike Colter‘s Luke Cage may nonetheless be recast for the MCU, even with Cox returning as Daredevil. Should that be the case, Colter can be proper there to cheer on the brand new actor, noting in a brand new interview he’d absolutely assist a recasting.
“I fairly like doing different issues,” Colter advised RadioTimes.com, admitting he does not spend a lot time nowadays considering of that character. “I admire the chance Luke Cage offered to me and it is nice, and I’m not saying that the door’s closed utterly since you by no means know and by no means say by no means. But I’m significantly concerned within the tasks that I’m doing now, I’m wanting ahead, by no means wanting again.”
Supporting a possible recasting, he burdened, “Whatever they do with that position, you realize, Kevin Feige and the individuals at Marvel and Disney, they’re going to do the suitable factor and followers can be completely happy about it and I’ll cheer for that individual, if it is a recast or no matter. I by no means give it some thought till somebody asks me about it to be fairly sincere, nevertheless it’s not as a result of I did not benefit from the alternative. But simply, I’m simply at all times within the second, probably not serious about the opposite stuff.”
Will Mike Colter Ever Return as Luke Cage?
Colter is not positive whether or not or not he’ll ever return as Luke Cage, nevertheless it helps the possibilities of a return that followers are nonetheless speaking about that chance. Last 12 months, new rumors of a return had been sparked when Krysten Ritter posted a picture to social media of herself alongside Colter, having followers questioning if the 2 had reunited for a brand new Marvel mission. But nonetheless, no new phrase has are available in about another Netflix characters making a return past the official bulletins of Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio.
Time must inform when Luke Cage pops again up within the MCU or elsewhere. For now, followers can watch Colter within the position by streaming Luke Cage on Disney+.