She’s definitely not a superheroine for the kiddies.
There’s nothing cartoonish about Netflix’s “Jessica Jones,” the
streaming video site’s second Marvel hero series after the acclaimed
“Daredevil” landed earlier this year.
The titular super-powered private eye is played by Krysten Ritter as an
alcohol-swilling loner and rape survivor who is often her own
arch-nemesis. A 13-episode season drops on Nov. 20.
“Initially there were some concerns...Jessica makes so many
questionable decisions, she’s not a traditional hero,
she’s not out to
save the city, she’s not out to save anything except her rent,” says
show-runner Melissa Rosenberg, who previously left a bloody swathe
across television sets on “Dexter.”
“She sort of does good in spite of herself — and that is a very different hero for them.”
Based on the adult-oriented comic series “Alias,” Jessica Jones’ saga
had been pitched to ABC three years ago by Rosenberg and Marvel TV chief
Jeph Loeb. The network home of Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
ultimately passed, considering the drama too dark.
It’s not too dark for Ritter. “There are so many male-led shows, but
there's nothing like ‘Jessica Jones’ anywhere else on television,” the
“Breaking Bad” alum tells the Daily News. “I felt that she could be very
iconic and very groundbreaking.”
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