The Defenders Will Bring Out An Entirely Different Elektra

Reviving a character comes with a cost. For Elektra, the Marvel character existing in the Netflix universe, her Defenders revival after being killed off in the second season of Daredevil will see a whole new take on the character.

Elektra will go from aiding a man she loved dearly to fighting him when The Defenders rolls around, completely swapping allegiances and working for the villainous Alexandra (played by Sigourney Weaver). Elektra actress Elodie Yung shared a bit of perspective while speaking to ComicBook.com at San Diego Comic Con.

“One day, you die in the arms of your loved one…” Yung said of returning to the role. “And I was kind of a good person at the end of Daredevil, and then I come back here, and I’m going to be in other arms this time, and everything’s going to go more dark and violent, for me. So it was just interesting to know that I will be able to play the same character, but at the same time a character who completely forgot who she was, and had to build from there. It’s exciting, it was just brand new. Everything was very new.”

Yung does enjoy playing both the heroic sidekick and villainous versions of the character. “You know I think in both of those versions, I don’t think she’s 100% good or 100% bad, and that’s what I like about Elektra, she’s a complex woman, and we all have goodness and bad things in us, and I enjoyed both,” Yung said.

“She was very mischievous, even when she was good,” Weaver added.

“I feel like Alexandra tried very hard to be a mentor to Elektra, and if they had come to work for me, I would’ve wanted to mentor their characters, because they’re good people,” Weave said. “They’re flawed, but they are all very talented. I think Alexandra’s such a smart business person, she can see right away that despite certain liabilities that they bring a lot of talent and charisma, and that they could be very useful to her, but you know, we all sort of disagree.”

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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 developed by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez. The miniseries will also feature Sigourney Weaver as the villain, Alexandra (Sigourney Weaver), and several recurring guest stars from Marvel’s Daredevil, Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Marvel’s Luke Cage, and Marvel’s Iron Fist, including Eka Darville as Malcolm Ducasse, Simone Missick as Misty Knight, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson, Carrie-Anne Moss as Jeri Hogarth, Scott Glenn as Stick, Rachael Taylor as Trish Walker, Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple, and Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing.

Marvel’s The Defenders premieres on Netflix on Aug. 18, 2017.