LOS ANGELES: The star of Netflix hit “Jessica Jones” said Tuesday she knew she had found her dream job even before she read for the role of the titular superhero sleuth.
Krysten Ritter, 34, has won plaudits for her performance as a private investigator with superpowers in the hard-hitting Marvel television adaptation, hotly tipped to win big at the Emmy Awards in September.
“This was always meant to be this dark, gritty, grounded psychological character study,” she told the audience at a screening and panel discussion in Hollywood on Tuesday.
“So at that point I’m like ‘Where do I sign? Give it to me.’ And then Jeph (Loeb, executive producer) locked me in a room and took away my cell phone and I read the script and every page just got better.
“It was like everything I’d always dreamed to do, from walking around looking cool to doing these cool action sequences to having this really vulnerable, heavy dramatic work.”
“Jessica Jones” is the second Marvel television conversion after “Daredevil,” to form part of a “groundbreaking deal” with Netflix, which committed in 2013 to four 13-episode series culminating in a minizeries “programming event.”
Ritter’s co-star Mike Colter, 39, who plays Jessica’s love interest, is getting his own spin-off series, “Luke Cage,” which is due to air later this year.
The pair are due to team up with Charlie Cox, the titular character in “Daredevil,” and Finn Jones, who will portray “Iron Fist,” in ensemble show “The Defenders,” at a date yet to be announced.
Krysten Ritter, 34, has won plaudits for her performance as a private investigator with superpowers in the hard-hitting Marvel television adaptation, hotly tipped to win big at the Emmy Awards in September.
“This was always meant to be this dark, gritty, grounded psychological character study,” she told the audience at a screening and panel discussion in Hollywood on Tuesday.
“So at that point I’m like ‘Where do I sign? Give it to me.’ And then Jeph (Loeb, executive producer) locked me in a room and took away my cell phone and I read the script and every page just got better.
“It was like everything I’d always dreamed to do, from walking around looking cool to doing these cool action sequences to having this really vulnerable, heavy dramatic work.”
“Jessica Jones” is the second Marvel television conversion after “Daredevil,” to form part of a “groundbreaking deal” with Netflix, which committed in 2013 to four 13-episode series culminating in a minizeries “programming event.”
Ritter’s co-star Mike Colter, 39, who plays Jessica’s love interest, is getting his own spin-off series, “Luke Cage,” which is due to air later this year.
The pair are due to team up with Charlie Cox, the titular character in “Daredevil,” and Finn Jones, who will portray “Iron Fist,” in ensemble show “The Defenders,” at a date yet to be announced.
