JESSICA JONES Star David Tennant Teases Possible Return As Purple Man: "Never Say Never"

JESSICA JONES Star David Tennant Teases Possible Return As Purple Man: "Never Say Never"

Doctor Who star David Tennant stole the show in Jessica Jones as the villainous Kilgrave, and the actor has weighed in on possibly returning as Purple Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Feb 20, 2024 06:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Jessica Jones
Source: Covered Geekly

Jessica Jones lost its way after a stellar first season, ultimately making creative decisions with its characters that fans struggled to get on board with. However, Krysten Ritter's performance as the title character couldn't be faulted and neither could what David Tennant brought to the table as Kilgrave, a.k.a. Purple Man.

While the villain's story reached a definitive end after he was killed by Jessica, Kilgrave later returned as a figment of the P.I.'s imagination. Now, with Marvel Studios starting to bring back characters from "The Defenders Saga" after making those Netflix shows canon, will David Tennant finally make his MCU debut? 

"I'd love to do Kilgrave again, yeah Kilgrave would be great," Tennant said at the BAFTAs this past weekend (via Covered Geekly). "Yeah, that would be good wouldn’t it?"

The Doctor Who star would go on to add, "I mean...he did very much get his neck broken, he was very dead...but never say never in the Marvel Universe."

Kilgrave ended up being a huge part of the Devil's Reign storyline which saw Daredevil clash with Mayor Wilson Fisk. With that in mind, we can't help but wonder whether Purple Man could somehow make his return in the second half of Daredevil: Born Again, particularly if Jessica ends up getting involved. 

The first two episodes of both Jessica Jones and The Defenders were directed by Madame Web helmer SJ Clarkson and, earlier this month, we asked for her thoughts on the shows being made official MCU canon. 

"Oh, well that's amazing," Clarkson told us in the video below. "I mean, I have to say, it was my introduction into comics was Jessica Jones. I'd read the script but I'd never actually read Alias. I got the big tomb that was Alias and I loved it. I literally read it and thought, 'This is one of the most clever, brilliant, beautiful [pieces of] storytelling I've seen in a long time.'"

"The way that the characters are portrayed, the framing, the use of cinematic angles in a comic book. And the brevity of storytelling in terms of the dialogue. the narration, and actually getting to the point of what somebody says and what a character really thinks and means in that moment...I thought that was really...that really sparked my interest," she continued.

"Of course, I'm so thrilled to hear that they're canon. Jessica, of course, being my first, I'll always have a special place for her."

Would you like to see Tennant return as Purple Man in the MCU?

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Batmangina
Batmangina - 2/20/2024, 6:53 AM
Let me be the FIRST to say...'Never'
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/20/2024, 7:03 AM
Even though Tennant’s Kilgrave remains probably my favorite Marvel Netflix villain , I would rather he not return for real at all since I want death to still have some lasting impact in the Marvel universe…

However I wouldn’t mind if he came back as a hallucination or flashback via a follow up to his story in “The Purple Children”.



It could be a good way to re-introduce Krysten Ritter’s Jessica again too as Matt goes to her for help given her history with Kilgrave.
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 2/20/2024, 7:05 AM
Does anyone really even care? I mean we got some great stuff coming out soon.
Agatha and

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Stuff
Origame
Origame - 2/20/2024, 7:08 AM
Tennet: "I want to be there when disney ruins all of my greatest roles"
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/20/2024, 7:31 AM
Another benefit of softbooting Netflix instead of being a hard canon continuation.
Origame
Origame - 2/20/2024, 7:59 AM
@ObserverIO - I basically have to consider it a different Canon after she hulk made Matt do the walk of shame.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/20/2024, 10:12 AM
@Origame - That just didn't feel like the same Daredevil. And I'd be okay with that, with a lighter, more superhero version of Daredevil, doing crazy comic book moves and more of an almost superpowered Kingpin. But it's not the Netflix DD.

And I think that whatever happens with the new show, people are gonna talk about it raping their childhoods (their childhoods being the Netflix stuff that just happened 2 seconds ago). It would just be easier all around if they said it wasn't canon.
Shmokey20
Shmokey20 - 2/20/2024, 3:48 PM
@ObserverIO - Well they did say The Netflix shows are on the Sacred Timeline, I think it is a Hard Canon! Especially after Daredevil added Bullseye & The Punisher, Foggy & Karen back to the show
LSHF
LSHF - 2/20/2024, 8:39 AM
Looking forward to seeing Jessica and the rest of the returning actors again.

2025 is going to be a great year for the MCU.
LeDiableBlanc
LeDiableBlanc - 2/20/2024, 8:59 AM
Did he really died? Before she broke his neck, they showed the veins in his neck turning purple. And of course, if he survived, with his powers is extremely easy to fake his death.
Btw, Tennant is a great actor.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 2/20/2024, 10:41 AM
@LeDiableBlanc - Yes, they confirmed he was realy dead in season two
deamon
deamon - 2/20/2024, 9:05 AM
About canon, he's dead, but I don't see any problem he can play variant of Purpleman.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 2/20/2024, 9:46 AM
Loved him in the role but he’s dead dead.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/20/2024, 10:42 AM
Not a fan of retcons, but this is one I wouldn't mind too much, they wasted his potential with just one season, he had Kingpin potential.
ZomZom
ZomZom - 2/20/2024, 12:04 PM
DT is a wonderful actor and his take on Purple Man was excellent, so much more chilling than Kingpin or an overblown villain like Kang. He was insidious and pretty much unstoppable, until the neck thing. How easy would it have been for his character to create that illusion and then disappear altogether, biding his time, plotting revenge? Very.
Shmokey20
Shmokey20 - 2/20/2024, 3:49 PM
Killgrave was one of the best villians in The MCU! Loved Season 1 of Jessica Jones!

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