David Tennant Talks A.K.A JESSICA JONES; Calls Comic Books "A Glorious Wonderful Art Form"
While at North Carolina’s Wizard World David Tennant briefly talked about his upcoming role as Purple Man in Marvel's A.K.A Jessica Jones praising the scripts for the show, and the comic book medium.
This Saturday actor David Tennat attended North Carolina’s Wizard World where he briefly discussed his role in Marvel's upcoming Netflix series, A.K.A Jessica Jones, and his love for comic books.
“You should read these scripts. They’re really good,” was all that Tennant let slip regarding the Netflix series David before mentioning the famous Marvel Snipers. As a long time comic book fan Tennant revealed how excited he is to work with Marvel saying, “this is something I grew up with. It’s like my eight year old self doesn’t know what to do with himself.”
Tennant went on to express his love for comic books as a medium, and the cultural impact that Marvel will have. “I think comic books are a glorious wonderful art form and I think Marvel is one of the things that we’ll be looking back on in a hundred years’ time, they’ll be one of the cornerstones of our cultural existence.”
For the full interview which includes David Tennant discussing his recent visit to Marvel's office hit the source below.
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City. Starring Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), David Tennant (Kilgrave), with Mike Colter (Luke Cage), and Rachael Taylor (Patricia “Trish” Walker), and Carrie-Anne Moss,A.K.A Jessica Jones is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios for Netflix.