Trivia / Jessica Jones (2015)

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• Approval of God: Brian Michael Bendis saw the rough cuts of a few episodes, which he showered with praise.
• Channel Hop: From Netflix to Disney Plus, after Netflix lost the distribution rights in early 2022.
• The Danza: Wil Traval plays Will Simpson (only one more "l" in the first name).
• Dear Negative Reader: Played for Laughs - the show's Twitter is a Character Blog, and given how Jessica is, there's always snarking at negative assessments.
• Directed by Cast Member: Krysten Ritter directed the season 3 episode "A.K.A You're Welcome".
• Dueling Shows: With Supergirl (2015) - they debuted roughly a month apart, and both star a superpowered woman. Jessica Jones is much darker, though.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Krysten Ritter put on ten pounds of muscle for the series.
• Fake American:
  • Trish (Rachael Taylor), Malcolm (Eka Darville), and Simpson (Wil Traval) are all played by Australian actors.
  • Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss), Pryce Cheng (Terry Chen), and Inez (Leah Gibson) are all played by Canadians.
  • English born Janet McTeer as Alisa Jones and Sarita Choudhury as Kith Lyonne.
• Fake Brit:
  • Kilgrave is played as English by the Scottish David Tennant.
  • Australian Michael Siberry as Albert Thompson.
• In Memoriam: Season three ends with a dedication to Stan Lee. Ironic, given that Stan had nothing to do with Jessica Jones.
• Meaningful Release Date: Season 2 of the show was released on March 8, 2018, which is International Women's Day.
• Missing Trailer Scene: Some of the teasers, a few of clearly comedic nature. "Good Morning" has Jessica not reacting well to an alarm, and "Nightcap" has her putting an appropriate soundtrack to take her last whiskey shot.
• The Other Darrin: Jessica's mother Alisa changes actresses between seasons. The show even gives a justification: she was downright flayed by the car crash and the reconstructive surgery resulted in a whole new face.
• Playing Against Type:
  • The usually lovable David Tennant as the murderous and slimy Mind Rapist Kilgrave. The portrayal of the character relies on Tennant's own charm and natural likability from his Doctor Who days, so it's not too surprising.
  • People who primarily remember Eka Darville from his Power Rangers days are probably going to be shocked to see him as a drug-addicted Mole for Kilgrave.
  • Callum Keith Rennie usually plays sleazy and unlikable villains. While Karl Malus has done some questionable things, he's a sincerely charming and likable person as well as much more sympathetic than Rennie's usual characters.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: In season 3, Jessica's transgender assistant Gillian is played by transgender actress Aneesh Sheth.
• Saved from Development Hell: The show had a lengthy and tumultuous production cycle; it was first announced back in 2010 and was supposed to air on ABC, but a number of issues (mostly regarding the dark subject matter) resulted in it only being rescued once Netflix picked up the show.
• Star-Making Role: For Krysten Ritter; she was already somewhat well known from Breaking Bad and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, but this will likely be remembered as the show that made her a star.
• Stunt Double: Dejay Roestenberg, Stefanie Flores, Becca G.T., Heidi Germaine Schnappauf and Natalie Diaz were stunt doubles for Krysten Ritter and Julia Maggio and Nikki Brower were stunt doubles for Elizabeth Cappuccino in the role of Jessica Jones.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Alexandra Daddario, Jessica De Gouw, Teresa Palmer and Marin Ireland screen-tested for the role of Jessica Jones before Krysten Ritter was cast.
  • Jim Carrey was considered for the part of Kilgrave before the casting of David Tennant.
  • Carol Danvers was originally going to appear as a supporting character, but this went out the window due to potential complications with the then-upcoming Captain Marvel film. Trish Walker was given her role as Jessica's best friend instead.
  • The world of the show was originally going to be closer to that of the comic, with superheroes already being a well known and established part of the universe and superpowers being much more ubiquitous. This was changed to match the more subdued Marvel Cinematic Universe, where for the most part, the only publicly known superheroes at the time were the Avengers and Daredevil. Although, the public is at least aware that there are more "gifted" individuals than just the aforementioned ones.
  • Originally Jessica Jones was due to be introduced into the MCU via the One Shots before the show was released, with a script written by Drew Pearce.
  • The writers were setting up Will Simpson to become his supervillain identity of Daredevil villain Nuke in Season 2, but the writers had no idea where to fit it within the plot, so they opted for Simpson being brought Back for the Dead.
• Working Title:
  • The show went from being called Jessica Jones to AKA Jessica Jones, and back to Jessica Jones again.
  • Episodes 10 and 12 were originally titled "AKA The Kumbaya Circle Jerk" and "AKA Jewel and the Power Man", but were renamed to "AKA 1000 Cuts" and "AKA Take a Bloody Number" respectively. Episode 10 does use the old name in dialogue by Robyn, while Episode 12 had to obviously be renamed to avoid spoilers.
• You Sound Familiar: In the French dub, Paul Borne voiced Harvey. He also did Nicky Fury in Iron Man, Bill Foster in Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Thanos since 2014. Counting the ABC and Netflix series, he also voiced Grill in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Henry "Pop" Hunter in Luke Cage.

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