Marvel’s Iron Fist Casts Colleen Wing

Jessica Henwick, who has recently had small roles in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Game of […]

September 6, 2017, 5:18am

Jessica Henwick, who has recently had small roles in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Game of Thrones, will come to Netflix and Marvel’s Iron Fist as comicbook character Colleen Wing. The role is described as the female lead on the show, “an invaluable ally to Iron Fist as he returns to his life in New York.” She joins previously cast Finn Jones, who will play the title role of Danny Rand aka Iron Fist.

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Wing, in the pages of Marvel Comics, is one half of the “Daughters of the Dragon” alongside Misty Knight. She was created in 1974 by Doug Moench and Larry Hama as a martial arts expert who frequently teams with Iron Fist and his own oft-partner Luke Cage. Her specialty is swordsmanship and Japanese martial arts.

The character, meanwhile, will be the second Asian-American superhero from either of the “big two” in their current universes, after Chloe Bennet’s Daisy Johnson on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Sure, she doesn’t have super powers, but Wing definitely qualifies thanks to her heroic feats and the company she keeps. This, after Henwick broke ground as an Asian, female pilot in the Star Wars universe, keeps her pushing boundaries, as well.

Iron Fist is in development now as the fourth Marvel-Netflix series, due likely to premiere sometime in 2017. Marvel TV also has Luke Cage and Jessica Jones Season 2 in active development, with The Defenders team-up mini-series still to follow.

Marvel later confirmed the casting, releasing the teaser image above and offering up some new details. Colleen Wing will run her own dojo in the series.

“I’m very excited to have Jessica as our Colleen Wing,” said Executive Producer and Showrunner, Scott Buck in the official release. “She’s shown us that she can bring both a sense of quiet strength as well as an engaging vulnerability to the character.”

“Jessica brings both a youthful vitality mixed with a strong sense of authority crucial to the character,” said Executive Producer/Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. “And as anyone who’s seen her in Game of Thrones can attest, she can throw down with the best of them, making her the perfect Colleen Wing.”