Okay, to be truthful, purple was always my favorite color, followed closely by blue. But David Tennant has just been cast as Purple Man in A.K.A. Jessica Jones.
If they do this right, it's going to be fantastic. Purple Man is an ass - complete mind control with no restraint or morals, so he could be completely evil and depraved (as he is in the comics), and that would be an awesome character for DT to play, a more intelligent and cruel version of Feldwebel Kurtz, hopefully. I've been hoping to see him play something more action-y for a while (I've loved everything he's done for the last few years, but I've missed that bit of the fantastic that we haven't seen since 2010), so this is welcome. And while he does evil and insane so well, his mainstream fans haven't been exposed to him doing it very much, so that should be a wonderful shock.
I have to admit that I am surprised that he's landed a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I really didn't expect it. He's been doing serious drama and light comedy for so long (ever since he left Doctor Who) that it looked like he wasn't interested in doing sci-fi or fantasy anymore. And I suspect it's really difficult to get into the MCU, because it's so big and popular right now.
EEEEEEE! He's going to play a villain! That is just so exciting!
If they do this right, it's going to be fantastic. Purple Man is an ass - complete mind control with no restraint or morals, so he could be completely evil and depraved (as he is in the comics), and that would be an awesome character for DT to play, a more intelligent and cruel version of Feldwebel Kurtz, hopefully. I've been hoping to see him play something more action-y for a while (I've loved everything he's done for the last few years, but I've missed that bit of the fantastic that we haven't seen since 2010), so this is welcome. And while he does evil and insane so well, his mainstream fans haven't been exposed to him doing it very much, so that should be a wonderful shock.
I have to admit that I am surprised that he's landed a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I really didn't expect it. He's been doing serious drama and light comedy for so long (ever since he left Doctor Who) that it looked like he wasn't interested in doing sci-fi or fantasy anymore. And I suspect it's really difficult to get into the MCU, because it's so big and popular right now.
EEEEEEE! He's going to play a villain! That is just so exciting!
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Just one question though: does Purple Man have an American accent? Because I don't think I could take the character seriously if David uses the accent he had in Gracepoint. I hope he gets to keep his Scottish accent or, at the very least, he has an English accent. Villains always sound cooler with English accents. ;-)
No news on the accent. The character is supposed to be Yugoslavian, according to Wikipedia, so I'd expect he'll be doing an English accent, since American shows pretty much use English accents for any foreigner other than possibly French or German. ;)
I'm just bouncing around the office today. My husband (who works at the same company) is already sick of me talking about it.
I'm wondering when purple photomanips of him will start to appear. I'm very much picturing a purple version of that shot from "The Waters of Mars" where he's reprogramming the robot with that crazed grin on his face.
http://comicsalliance.com/david-tennant-kilgrave-purple-man-aka-jessica-jones/
Not that exact one, but I've already seen one of him saying "I'm the winner."
eta: Like this: http://rundalek.tumblr.com/post/109224421862/marvel-and-netflix-are-proud-to-announce-that
Edited at 2015-01-27 01:49 am (UTC)
Is this live action? I think I'm going to be rather weirded out by purple skin, if so.
Personally, if it's just purple skin (no other prosthetics), that might be really hot...
Edited at 2015-01-26 11:25 pm (UTC)