Marvel’s The Defenders: 9 New Details Netflix Just Revealed
1. Sigourney Weaver Is A Villain Called "Alexandra" - And A Major Threat
Even alone, there's not much that Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, or Iron Fist couldn't take on. From Kingpins to mind-controlling maniacs, drug lords to ninjas, they've handled an array of threats. So it must take something huge to bring them together.
Enter Sigourney Weaver.
We've known for a while that the Alien star would be playing the central villain, but now we've got some further details about her character - starting with a name.
Alexandra is the moniker she's been given, though whether there's more to it remains to be seen (it could be a cover-up for a comics character, even if they're saying she has no comic-book history right now). As for what she'll be like, Ramirez said:
"Her character is a very powerful force in New York City. She’s everything Sigourney is: sophisticated, intellectual, dangerous.”
With the need to keep the villain grounded, it's likely she'll be some sort of all powerful, Kingpin-esque figure, only bigger and badder. One possibility is that she's played a gender-swapped version of Alexander Bont, the first Kingpin of Hell's Kitchen. It'll take something special to top Wilson Fisk, but whoever Weaver is, it should be a given that she will kick-ass.
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