Back in March, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Expendables star Terry Crews expressed an interest in playing Luke Cage in the upcoming Marvel / Netflix series, and now he’s reiterated his interest in the role of Power Man during an interview with IGN to promote the release of The Expendables 3.
“I would love to do Luke Cage. I heard they finally green-lit that whole thing and I would love to do something like that. I have so many [favourite superheroes]. I have to go back to Luke Cage just because he was our Superman. There were no African-American superheroes out there. He was the first. He was the man. He was the one. The only example we could look at. I remember then seeing Falcon and a couple of others. Even in the D.C. Universe there was Cyborg. But Luke Cage was the original one where you said ‘This is me. This is my guy. This is the character.’ So he’s the equivalent to Superman for me. But I have plenty. Second to Luke Cage would probably be The Hulk. The Hulk was amazing.”
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Originally published August 12, 2014. Updated April 15, 2018.
