The Defenders Showrunner On Other Character Pairings He Wanted
One of the best things about a show like The Defenders is seeing your Marvel favorites interact [...]
One of the best things about a show like The Defenders is seeing your Marvel favorites interact for the first time, but obviously, not everything can make the cut.
With four shows crossing over, there just isn't room to feature all of the pairings that fans want to see. That goes for the showrunners too though, something that executive producer Marco Ramirez explained to EW.
"Of course. Because of the nature of it, we built a Matt-and-Jessica story and a Danny-and-Luke one, and there are certainly versions of the opposite pairings that I would have loved to see. I would love to see Matt and Luke, and Jessica and Danny interact because we've now established these two sets of relationships. But we weren't going to do it just for the sake of it."
While the four main stars are the key attraction, Ramirez explains that the supporting cast interactions were at times just as much of a highlight.
"...well, all of the writers were like, "Oh, this interaction didn't happen, and this interaction didn't happen," but at the end of the day, we had limited real estate and we couldn't slow down the forward-moving train of the story. Some of those interactions [we really wanted] made it in. One of the scenes I'm most proud of is the stuff we got between Jessica and Luke outside of the Chinese restaurant, and those scenes between Misty and Colleen, and Foggy and Karen, that's what we know fans want. Because there are so many combinations, there's always going to be some stuff we didn't' get to do. There are many more episodes of these stories you can tell."
Haven't started Defenders yet? Get caught up before you dive in with The Defenders CRAM here. You can find the official description below.
Marvel's The Defenders follows Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones). A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to save New York City. This is the story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.
Marvel's The Defenders is now streaming on Netflix.
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