Luke Cage Season 2 Trailer Reactions: 6 Ups & 2 Downs

3. Bushmaster

Luke Cage Bushmaster
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The biggest reveal of the trailer is in showing us the new Big Bad, Bushmaster. Although the casting of Harlem-born actor Mustafa Shakir as the character was announced last year, this is our first real look at the character.

Playing the John McIver version of the character (which is, thankfully, the one without a snake-like bionic tail), he seeks control of Harlem, and looks even more dangerous than Cottonmouth.

He's able to beat up Luke Cage fairly easily, and it means we're going to get the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object. Shakir looks to have nailed the part, and hopefully he can be as captivating as Cottonmouth was too.

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