The Defenders: 10 Actresses To Play Jessica Jones

2. Amy Acker

Amy Acker Another Joss Whedon alumni, from multiple productions €“ Angel, Dollhouse and most recently she played Beatrice in his version of Much Ado About Nothing. She would no doubt have the links required to get an interview without much of a problem. She is well known amongst the genre fanbase and two of the Angel cast so far have had appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Acker has shown many sides throughout the two Whedon television series roles and with her recent film role she has shown that she can play the lead. Her role as Whiskey/Dr. Saunders in Dollhouse showed great versatility €“ even more so when you compare her role as Fred/ Illyria in Angel to that as well. Plus she appeared in thirteen episodes of Alias. That's just ironic. Most recently she has become a series regular in the third season of Person of Interest, but again the unique nature of Netflix productions may mean that she could fit in the filming of Jessica Jones around her other engagements. The only problem is that producers may see the Fred/Gunn relationship to be too similar to the Jones/Cage relationship €“ but I think that there are numerous differences in the characterisation and also Angel left the airwaves nearly ten years ago now.
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