TV SERIES · 2015– · USA
Jessica Jones
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- #001
At the start of the pilot episode, Jessica throws a man over the Alias sign, a shot taken from the first panel of the "Alias" comics. This is how Jessica Jones is introduced to audiences in both the comics and live action.
- #002
Krysten Ritter gained 4.5 kg of muscle for the role and trained for two months before filming began.
- #003
Melissa Rosenberg was tasked with writing and producing a new version of the series, restructured from her original project, which she called a "page one do-over" of her original vision. S. J. Clarkson served as executive producer on the first episode, A.K.A. Ladies Night (2015). Liz Friedman also served as an executive producer on the series. Rosenberg noted that the final series was very different from the version she had developed for ABC because of the MCU's different mythology.
- #004
In the comics, Jessica Jones attended high school with Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider-Man), and her father worked for Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man). Jones and Luke Cage are married and have a daughter named Danielle, inspired by Danny Rand/Iron Fist, a character from a different Marvel/Netflix series. Jones is also shown to have a physical attraction to Johnny Storm, AKA The Human Torch.
- #005
The character Will Simpson is known as the villain Nuke in the Marvel comics. He was created by one of several secret programs attempting to recreate enhanced soldiers like Captain America. The American-flag face tattoo that is his trademark references the lighter Simpson used while burning Clemons's body.
- #006
Malcolm Ducasse, played by Eka Darville, is Jessica Jones's neighbor struggling with drug addiction, and as a result his personal journey becomes intertwined with hers. Jessica meets him while rescuing him from two muggers; she does not remember the encounter because it was also the first night Kilgrave took control of her. In the comics, the character is a high school student named Malcolm Powder who is a Jessica Jones fan and asks for a job at Alias Investigations.
- #007
The series' world was initially going to be closer to the comics world, where superheroes were already a well-known and established part of the universe and superpowers were much more common. This was changed to match the more subdued Marvel Cinematic Universe, where the only superheroes publicly known at the time were mostly the Avengers and Daredevil. The public is nonetheless aware that there are at least more "gifted" individuals than those mentioned above.
- #008
Patsy "Trish" Walker, played by Rachael Taylor, is Jessica Jones's adoptive sister and best friend; she is a former child star of the in-universe series "It's Patsy" and the host of the radio program "Trish Talk." In the comics, Patsy Walker is one of Marvel's oldest characters. She was originally a teenage model, later reinvented as the superhero Hellcat, but had no connection to Jessica Jones.
- #009
The series was initially going to be titled 'AKA Jessica Jones' but was later changed to just 'Jessica Jones.' However, all individual episode titles still carry the 'AKA' prefix.
- #010
Royce Johnson, who played Sergeant Brett Mahoney in the first season of Daredevil (2015), plays the same character in A.K.A. Top Shelf Perverts (2015). He is the police officer who tells Jessica that she was released while in police custody and who later has a gun pointed at Detective Clemmons by Kilgrave.
- #011
Mike Colter gained 14 kg of muscle to play Luke Cage.
- #012
Jessica's superhero costume is seen in a flashback. In Alias Comics, Jessica Jones's superhero name was Jewel and she had purple hair.
- #013
The scenes set in Luke's, the dive bar owned by Luke Cage, were filmed at "Vazac's," also known as the "Horseshoe Bar," a bar in Manhattan's East Village in New York City. It was the same filming location as the Rosato-Brothers Bar in The Godfather Part II (1974) and the Life Cafe in Rent (2005).
- #014
Jeri Hogarth was a man in the comics. His name was Jeryn Hogarth.
- #015
Luke Cage says the phrase "Sweet Christmas" at least twice in the first season. It is his character's catchphrase in the comics.
- #016
In May 2012, ABC president Paul Lee said the network was moving forward with the series. Jeph Loeb explained that ABC wanted to shift the series' focus to Carol Danvers, Jessica Jones's best friend in the "Alias" comics, and that in the development stage presented to ABC, with "a great life" living on Fifth Avenue as the main character, Jones became a supporting character in Danvers's story.
- #017
Producer Melissa Rosenberg wanted to avoid actually depicting rape in the story, which she called "lazy storytelling" and a route usually taken to "spice up" male characters; she preferred to show the trauma related to rape as part of the characters' daily lives.
- #018
In his first appearance, Luke Cage wears blue jeans and a yellow T-shirt, closely matching his counterpart in the comics.
- #019
This is Luke Cage's first live-action appearance, and he is introduced already in possession of his powers.
- #020
Because Jessica is a detective, the series' producers drew on the film noir genre: "The line between what's legal and what's not gets very blurry… Her want is never just to solve the case, it's to pay the rent and get through the day."
- #021
Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg initially expected to be flooded with viewer complaints about the abortion storyline in the episode A. K. A. You're a Winner! (2015), but was instead horrified to face harsh condemnation for depicting a sexual relationship between a white woman and a black man (Jessica Jones and Luke Cage). Rosenberg told Lacey Rose of The Hollywood Reporter that her photo even appeared on a hate site targeting her for being Jewish, which was a particularly frightening moment for her.
- #022
The role of Trish Walker as Jessica's best friend and confidante was originally filled by Carol Danvers (then known as Ms. Marvel, later Captain Marvel). This was changed because of the changing nature of the MCU and Danvers being developed to appear in her own film, Captain Marvel (2019).
- #023
When Simpson is given red, white and blue pills for the experimental "combat drugs," this is a direct link to his comics character Nuke. Nuke takes multicolored pills for his powers.
- #024
The paintings created in season 2 by Oscar, Jessica's new super/love interest, were actually made by the famous comics artist David Mack. Mack provided all the cover art for the original Alias comics series as well as the most recent Jessica Jones comics series. The series' highly stylized title sequence is based on Mack's illustrations.
- #025
Jessica Jones first appeared in the Marvel Comics series "Alias." That title was of course changed to avoid confusion with the unrelated series Alias (2001). However, her detective agency is still called 'Alias Investigations.'.
- #026
The villain Kilgrave, played by David Tennant, was known as the Purple Man in the Marvel comics. In the comics he is Zebediah Killgrave, a spy born in Croatia who was in an accident involving chemicals that gave him permanent purple skin and powers. In this series he is portrayed as an Englishman named Kevin Thompson who gained his powers through experiments in his youth and gave himself the name Kilgrave. He has normal-colored skin but wears purple throughout the series because it is his favorite color. The scene lighting is also purple whenever Jessica is under his spell or having nightmares or flashbacks about him. Kilgrave gives Jessica a purple dress in A. K. A. WWJD? (2015).
- #027
Stephanie Maslansky, the costume designer for Daredevil (2015), returned for this series and worked as an assistant on the first episode, A. K. A. Ladies Night (2015), while Jennifer Rogien designed Jessica Jones's leather jacket, faded jeans and boot costume. Of Jones's costume, Maslansky said she "sees her clothing as armor and a shield, something that helps her keep her distance from other people and protect her privacy. It keeps her from having to engage with the rest of humanity in a certain way." At least 10 versions of Jones's jacket were made, starting from an "Acne Studios" leather motorcycle jacket stripped of its "bells and whistles and any additional superfluous design details," while 20 pairs of jeans were used, both worn and distressed.
- #028
Carrie-Anne Moss joined the series after reading the first two scripts with the character proposed by Jeph Loeb and Melissa Rosenberg.
- #029
Similarly to Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, Trish Walker tries on several costumes when she decides to become a superhero: she tries a red wig, then a cat mask, then wears yellow and blue spandex. This matches the outfit her character wears in the comics, where she is known as Hellcat.
- #030
The opening sequence was influenced by the thriller Rear Window (1954) and the work of painter Gerhard Richter and Edward Hopper.
- #031
Jeri Hogarth is the first lesbian character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #032
In the Marvel comics universe, one of Jeri Hogarth's clients is the character Daniel Rand, better known as the superhero Iron Fist. Rand's father Wendell was a close friend of Jeri's and left her the execution of his estate (the comics version of Hogarth is male). Jeri actually appears in Iron Fist (2017).
- #033
In May 2015, Marvel announced plans to reprint "Alias," the comics series on which the show is based, with new covers by the comic's original cover artist David Mack, who also provided the illustrations for the series' opening title sequence. The reprints, released entirely digitally in June 2015 and running up to issue 15 in two trade paperbacks in September, were intended both to celebrate Jessica Jones's history and to introduce the character to new viewers ahead of the season's premiere.
- #034
Except for the fixed AKA, each episode's title is spoken or referred to within the episode's content.
- #035
The series became popular after its premiere, and in January 2016 Netflix ordered a second season of 13 episodes.
- #036
Jessica Jones being adopted by Patsy Walker's mother is a plotline created for the series. Although Jessica's parents died in the accident that gave her her powers, she was not Patsy's sister.
- #037
Before Krysten Ritter was cast, Alexandra Daddario, Teresa Palmer, Jessica De Gouw and Marin Ireland were considered for the role of Jessica Jones.
- #038
Executive producer and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg had Krysten Ritter at the top of her list to play Jones, even while Rosenberg was developing the series for ABC.
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