It’s been a little while since news broke that Netflix had cancelled both Iron Fist and Luke Cage from its schedule. With Daredevil now also cancelled fans are rightly feeling like the Marvel Netflix era has come to a premature end.
Luke Cage star Mike Colter recently sat down with ComicBook.com to discuss what could have been in season 3 but also to thank fans for their support. The actor was naturally asked about whether he could return to the role in the future.
His response is not the most encouraging but clearly he isn’t closing the door on Cage just yet.
“It was bittersweet, it kinda did catch me off guard. I don’t think I was as shocked as most people were because I was a little closer it.
There were some things, some telltale signs, that were not quite feeling right for me,” he continued. “Although we had an internal pick up, amongst a certain amount of people who were close to the project, and we were moving forward with the writing and writing the group writers room, et cetera. There was a lot of stalling. There was a lot of things that didn’t feel quite right. Then, deadlines. One deadline would come and it would go. Another deadline would come, it would go.
There were some things that started to feel a little odd. So, when it happened, I was like, ‘Eh.’ It wasn’t that much of a shock. But yeah, still shock.”
Speak about the fan support for the show and whether it could ignite a reboot the actor had this to say.
“I don’t know that it’s something fans can do, necessarily,” he admitted. “I think it’s a real network/studio thing. I think it’ll resolve itself, one way or the other. There just needs to be some time. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe that’s it. But I don’t think the fans… as much as the fans — the outpouring of the fans is very touching and well received and it’d be appreciated — I don’t think it’s gonna make anything happen, but it’s nice to know that. I think, ultimately, if it comes back, it’ll probably come back because of the fans demand for it.
I don’t think their work is going in vain. It just may not happen as soon as they want it to.”
Marvel’s Luke Cage stars Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Alfre Woodard, Theo Rossi, Mustafa Shakir, Gabrielle Dennis, Rosario Dawson, and Reg E. Cathey. Both seasons are available on Netflix now.
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