Mike Colter Really Took A Bat To The Face While Filming Luke Cage

On tonight's episode of AMC's Geeking Out, which airs at midnight, Luke Cage stars Mike Colter and [...]

On tonight's episode of AMC's Geeking Out, which airs at midnight, Luke Cage stars Mike Colter and Simone Missick tell the show's hosts, Kevin Smith and Greg Grunberg, about a couple of times the action on set got a little too real.

Since Colter portrays a character with super-strength and unbreakable skin, he has to act as though bullets bounce of his body and getting whacked by a baseball bat feels like a gentle tap. However, when a stunt baseball bat was used for the first time, which was designed to break apart, one of the broken pieces hit him in the noggin, causing "complete numbness" on the left side of his face. Sweet Christmas!

After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. But he is soon pulled out of the shadows and must fight a battle for the heart of his city - forcing him to confront a past he had tried to bury.

Luke Cage stars Mike Colter ("Marvel's Jessica Jones," "The Good Wife") as the charismatic lead character, Mahershala Ali ("House of Cards") as the villainous Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes,Alfre Woodard ("12 Years a Slave," "Annabelle") local Harlem politician Mariah Dillard, Simone Missick ("Ray Donovan") as Harlem police detective Misty Knight, Theo Rossi ("Sons of Anarchy," "Bad Hurt") as the ruthless criminal Shades, Frank Whaley ("Ray Donovan," "Pulp Fiction") as hard-nosed NYPD detective Rafael Scarfe, Rosario Dawson reprising her "Marvel's Daredevil" role as nurse Claire Temple, and Sonia Braga ("Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Moon Over Parador," "Brothers & Sisters") as Claire Temple's mother, Soledad Temple.

Cheo Hodari Coker ("SouthLAnd," "Ray Donovan") wrote the series' first two episodes in addition to serving as showrunner and Executive Producer.

Luke Cage comes to Netflix on Sept. 30, 2016.

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