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Frank Whaley joins Marvel’s Luke Cage as Detective Scarfe

September 10, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction, The Following) has become the latest addition to the cast of Marvel’s Netflix series Luke Cage.

Whaley – who appeared in a guest role in the first season of the DC series Gotham – is set to play Detective Scarfe, a character who made his first comic book appearance back in 1975’s Marvel Premiere #23 where he was a former partner of Misty Knight and ally to Cage and the Heroes for Hire.

Luke Cage will get underway next year, with Mike Colter (The Following) as Luke Cage, Rosario Dawson (Daredevil) as Claire Temple, Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy) as Shades, Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives) as Black Mariah, Simone Missick (Ray Donovan) as Misty Knight, Mahershala Ali (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay) as Cottonmouth and Frank Whaley (Gotham) as Detective Scarfe.

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Originally published September 10, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Frank Whaley, Luke Cage, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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